CULTURIST

Etymology

Noun

culturist (plural culturists)

One who raises or cultures something; a cultivator.

An advocate of culture.

One who holds prejudices against a culture.

Adjective

culturist (comparative more culturist, superlative most culturist)

Holding prejudices against a culture.

Source: Wiktionary


Cul"tur*ist, n.

1. A cultivator.

2. One who is an advocate of culture. The culturists, by which term I mean not those who esteem culture (as what intelligent man does notJ. C. Shairp

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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