Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COACHER
Etymology
Noun
coacher (plural coachers)
A person who coaches or gives instruction; a coach.
(obsolete) A coachman.
A coach horse.
Anagrams
• caroche
Source: Wiktionary
Coach"er, n.
1. A coachman. [Obs.]
2. A coach horse.
3. One who coaches; specif. (Baseball),
Definition: one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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