The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISCEPTATOR
Etymology
Noun
disceptator (plural disceptators)
(obsolete) One who arbitrates or decides; a judge.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`cep*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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