Devil
Devil noun - A member of the human race.
Usage example: that poor devil never did achieve his dream
Sort
Sort noun - A member of the human race.
Usage example: he's a decent sort
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- Often involves Super Empowering of some sort with the devil bestowing a whole set of infernal abilities upon his new minion.
Source: Devil's Job Offer -
Goethe also popularized the image of Mephistopheles as a Deadpan Snarker in red silk doublet and hose (leading to the modern "devil in tights" image); his devil is less an elemental spirit of pure Evil than a sort of universal cynic.
Source: Faust -
Q-chan from Pet Shop of Horrors is some sort of rabbit-devil creature with a cream-coloured pear-shaped body and rabbit ears, little white horns, black bat wings, a black devil tail, and black duck feet.
Source: Cartoon Creature
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