De*fen"sor, n. Etym: [L. See Defenser.]
1. A defender. Fabyan.
2. (Law)
Definition: A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
3. (Eccl.)
Definition: The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 November 2024
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
