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Balzac—Honoré de. (1799-1850) French writer and a founder of the realist school of fiction. Among the great masters of the novel. Half starving in a Paris garret, he began his career by writing sensational novels to order under a pseudonym. His great work, called The Human Comedy, written over a 20-year period, is a collection of novels and stories recreating French society of the time, picturing in precise detail individuals of every class and profession. Chief among them are Père Goriot (1835) and Cousin Bette (1847). His short stories include some of the best in the language.

masher—a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women [syn: wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser]

Paul Bunyan—A giant lumberjack who performs superhuman acts in American folklore.

Saint Pat—Saint Patrick (c.385-461), Christian missionary, the Apostle of Ireland. His life is largely obscured by legend. He is said to have been born in Roman Britain and enslaved by the Irish until he escaped to Gaul. He studied at Auxerre and later returned as a missionary to Ireland, where he made many converts. In 444 or 445 he established his archiepiscopal see at Armagh with the approval of Pope Leo I. By his death, Ireland was Christianized. The prime source of his life is the Confessions, written during his last years. Feast: Mar. 17.

Noah Webster—(1758-1843) American lexicographer whose Spelling Book (1783) helped standardize American spelling. His major work, An American Dictionary of the English Language, was originally published in 1828.