Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ABBREVIATOR
abridger, abbreviator
(noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abbreviator (plural abbreviators)
Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. [Early 16th century.]
(history, Roman Catholicism) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. [Mid 16th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*bre"vi*a`tor, n. Etym: [LL.: cf. F. abbréviateur.]
1. One who abbreviates or shortens.
2. One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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