S: (n) appeaser (someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands) "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"--Winston Churchill
S: (n) dragoman (an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government))
S: (n) Fitzgerald, Edward Fitzgerald (English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883))
S: (n) Jowett, Benjamin Jowett (English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893))
S: (n) Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal (English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536))
S: (n) Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila (a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382))
S: (n) pornographer, porn merchant (someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores)
S: (n) D'Oyly Carte, Richard D'Oyly Carte (English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901))
S: (n) revenuer (a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging))
S: (n) T-man (a special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury)
S: (n) handler (an agent who handles something or someone) "the senator's campaign handlers"
S: (n) mill agent (the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership)
S: (n) next friend ((law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person)
S: (n) parliamentary agent (a person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament)
S: (n) bridge agent (an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area)
S: (n) case officer (an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service)
S: (n) action officer (the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area))
S: (n) codetalker, windtalker (a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II)
S: (n) foot (a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger)
S: (n) NOC (an undercover agent who is given no official cover)
S: (n) spy, undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
S: (n) infiltrator (someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage)
S: (n) sleeper (a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal)
S: (n) shopper (a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her)
S: (n) special agent (someone whose authority is limited to the special undertaking they have been instructed to perform)
S: (n) contact, middleman (a person who is in a position to give you special assistance) "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
S: (n) delegate (a person appointed or elected to represent others)
S: (n) apostolic delegate ((Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it)
S: (n) emissary, envoy (someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else)
S: (n) Hirohito, Michinomiya Hirohito (emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989))
S: (n) Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great (Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565))
S: (n) Kublai Khan, Kubla Khan, Kublai Kaan (Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294))
S: (n) Qin Shi Huang Ti, Ch'in Shih Huang Ti (the first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC))
S: (n) Shah Jahan (Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666))
S: (n) Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I (king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329))
S: (n) Clovis, Clovis I (king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511))
S: (n) Darius I, Darius the Great (king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC))
S: (n) Darius III (king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC))
S: (n) David ((Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC))
S: (n) Edmund I (king of the English who succeeded Athelstan; he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946))
S: (n) Edmund II, Edmund Ironside (king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016))
S: (n) Edward the Elder (king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924))
S: (n) Edwin (king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633))
S: (n) Egbert (king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839))
S: (n) Ethelbert (Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616))
S: (n) Ethelred, Ethelred I (king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871))
S: (n) Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready (king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016))
S: (n) Farouk I, Faruk I (king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965))
S: (n) Ferdinand I, Ferdinand the Great (king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065))
S: (n) Ferdinand, King Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic (the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516))
S: (n) Frederick I (son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713))
S: (n) Frederick II, Frederick the Great (king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786))
S: (n) Frederick William I (son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740))
S: (n) Genseric, Gaiseric (king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477))
S: (n) Gilgamesh (a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories)
S: (n) Gordius (legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot)
S: (n) Gustavus, Gustavus I (king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560))
S: (n) Gustavus, Gustavus II, Gustavus Adolphus (king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632))
S: (n) Gustavus, Gustavus III (king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792))
S: (n) Gustavus, Gustavus IV (king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837))
S: (n) Gustavus, Gustavus V (king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950))
S: (n) Hammurabi, Hammurapi (Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC))
S: (n) Herod, Herod the Great (king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC))
S: (n) Hezekiah, Ezekias ((Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC))
S: (n) James, James IV (a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513))
S: (n) Jeroboam, Jeroboam I ((Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC))
S: (n) Pepin, Pepin III, Pepin the Short (king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768))
S: (n) Philip II, Philip II of Spain (king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598))
S: (n) Philip II, Philip Augustus (son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223))
S: (n) Philip V (king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece)
S: (n) Philip VI, Philip of Valois (king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350))
S: (n) Ptolemy I (the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC))
S: (n) Ptolemy II (son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC))
S: (n) Pyrrhus (king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC))
S: (n) Saul ((Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines))
S: (n) Sennacherib (king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC))
S: (n) Solomon ((Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC))
S: (n) Victor Emanuel II (king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878))
S: (n) Victor Emanuel III (king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister; he abdicated in 1946 and the monarchy was abolished (1869-1947))
S: (n) Xerxes I, Xerxes the Great (king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC))