In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMPATRIOTS
Noun
compatriots
plural of compatriot
Source: Wiktionary
COMPATRIOT
Com*pa"tri*ot, n. Etym: [F. compatriote, LL. compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See Patriot, and cf. Copatriot.]
Definition: One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling. The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America. Palfrey.
Com*pa"tri*ot, a.
Definition: Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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