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 wrecker wrecker /ˈrɛkɝ/

noun

  1. [ N. American] A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)  ( tow car , tow truck [ N. American] , wrecker [ N. American] , breakdown lorry [British] )
    a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
     The car broke down, and I had to call a tow truck to take it to the mechanic
    The car broke down, and I had to call a tow truck to take it to the mechanic
  2. Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks  ( diversionist , saboteur , wrecker )
    someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
  3. Someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job  ( wrecker )
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job


 frontiersman frontiersman /frʌnˈtɪərzmən/

noun

  1. A man who lives on the frontier  ( backwoodsman , frontiersman , mountain man )
    a man who lives on the frontier


 comedian comedian /kəˈmiːdiːən/

noun

  1. () A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts  ( comic , funnyman , comedian )
    a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
      The talented comedian entertained the audience with witty jokes and humorous stories.
    The talented comedian entertained the audience with witty jokes and humorous stories.
  2. An actor in a comedy  ( comedian )
    an actor in a comedy
     The comedian had the entire audience laughing with his witty jokes.
    The comedian had the entire audience laughing with his witty jokes.


 Macleaya Macleaya /məˈkliːə/

noun

  1. A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy  ( genus Macleaya , Macleaya )
    a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy