ATTORNEYGENERAL

At*tor"ney-gen"er*al, n.; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys- general). (Law)

Definition: The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 March 2025

LOITER

(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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