Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AMBUSHER
ambusher
(noun) an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ambusher (plural ambushers)
One who ambushes.
Source: Wiktionary
Am"bush*er, n.
Definition: One lying in ambush.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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