In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ABRIDGER
abridger, abbreviator
(noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abridger (plural abridgers)
One who abridges. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
Anagrams
• brigader
Source: Wiktionary
A*bridg"er, n.
Definition: One who abridges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANOMALY
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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