noun, American English - a place in an institution (such a school, prison etc.) where a sick person can be treated by a nurse or a doctor

noun - a person who is present at a child's baptism and who promises to be responsible for teaching the child about the Christian ways

noun, American English - a person who works temporarily in a job, often to gain work experience or fulfil educational requirements, usually with limited pay or responsibilities

noun - a person (esp. among Native Americans) who is believed to be able to communicate with the spiritual world and has special healing powers

adjective - (of a person) lending their name to a work, place, or thing; (of a thing) bearing the name of its creator or central character

noun - a person who is elected to speak or act for other people in a government or official body, especially in a parliament or congress

noun - a person or organization that accepts and manages bets on various events, especially sports events, and determines the odds and payouts for those bets

noun - a person whose job is to supervise a game and make sure that the players obey the rules (e.g. in tennis, baseball and cricket)

noun - the money that is paid so that a person who is accused of a crime can be free until the day of the trial

noun - a piece of false information about somebody published in a newspaper etc., esp. that causes others to have a bad opinion of the person