In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ANAPHOR
anaphor
(noun) a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anaphor (plural anaphors or anaphora)
(linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
Antonyms
• (linguistics): logophor, cataphor
Hypernyms
• (linguistics): endophor
Anagrams
• pharaon
Source: Wiktionary
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