In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CHOUAN
Chou"an, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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