1. irritating person; cattle-biting fly.   entrepreneur   factotum   gadfly   lout   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. laymen.   lecher   laity   extrovert   hermit   Half-n-half Clue   3. person who pretends to be ill to escape duty.   luminary   entrepreneur   heckler   malingerer   Half-n-half Clue   4. dissatisfied person.   luminary   gynaecologist   malcontent   infidel   Half-n-half Clue   5. one who devotes himself to religion or cause.   savant   malcontent   epistemologist   devotee   Half-n-half Clue   6. investigator or harsh questioner.   inquisitor   lexicographer   hedonist   dissident   Half-n-half Clue   7. class of persons next below nobility.   heckler   iconoclast   gentry   fancier   Half-n-half Clue