In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AMBULATOR
Noun
ambulator (plural ambulators)
A walker; one who walks.
Source: Wiktionary
Am"bu*la`tor, n.
1. One who walks about; a walker.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A beetle of the genus Lamia. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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