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.
CONTRA
Contra
(noun) a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Contra (plural Contras)
A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.
Anagrams
• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon
Etymology
Preposition
contra
against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to
Synonyms
• against, anti
Antonyms
• for, pro
Adverb
contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)
contrary to something
Synonyms
• See also contrarily
Noun
contra (plural contras)
(business) A deal to swap goods or services.
(politics, pejorative) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
(accounting) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
(music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
(dance) A contra dance.
(obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
Verb
contra (third-person singular simple present contras, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
(accounting) To undo; to reverse.
Anagrams
• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tra.
Definition: A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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