In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ARQUEBUSIERS
Noun
arquebusiers
plural of arquebusier
Source: Wiktionary
ARQUEBUSIER
Ar`que*bus*ier, n. Etym: [F. arquebusier.]
Definition: A soldier armed with an arquebus. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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