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wwh, I think you're beating a dead horse. I've checked several dictionaries that use the person direct as the noun modified by the adjective peremptory. It may sound odd to your ear because it is an adjective not heavily used to modify people-as-nouns. But it still is an adjective that can be correctly used to describe a person. I haven't read any note from any usage board against the usage you dislike.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted peremptory wwh 05/09/03 09:33 PM Re: peremptory Bingley 05/10/03 03:00 AM Re: peremptory WhitmanO'Neill 05/10/03 01:41 PM Re: peremptory of troy 05/10/03 02:53 PM Re: peremptory wwh 05/10/03 06:07 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/11/03 09:46 AM Re: peremptory wwh 05/11/03 01:19 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/11/03 05:55 PM Re: peremptory wwh 05/11/03 08:16 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/11/03 08:50 PM Re: peremptory wwh 05/11/03 10:14 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/12/03 08:42 AM Re: peremptory tsuwm 05/12/03 02:31 PM I hope this isn't chopping liver wofahulicodoc 05/17/03 11:11 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Capfka 05/24/03 01:27 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Wordwind 05/24/03 01:55 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... wwh 05/24/03 04:45 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Capfka 05/24/03 06:08 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Wordwind 05/24/03 10:46 PM
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