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.
DISCOVERER
finder, discoverer, spotter
(noun) someone who is the first to observe something
inventor, discoverer, artificer
(noun) someone who is the first to think of or make something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
discoverer (plural discoverers)
One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.
Synonyms
• repertor (obsolete)
Anagrams
• rediscover, redivorces
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cov"er*er, n.
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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