BAHAUDUR

Ba*ha"dur Ba*hau"dur, n. [Written also bahawder.] [Hind. bahadur hero, champion.]

Definition: A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 January 2025

CHELICERA

(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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