In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISCRIMINATOR
differentiator, discriminator
(noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
discriminator (plural discriminators)
A person who discriminates or differentiates.
A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
(physics) Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
(marketing) A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
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• doctrinairism
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*crim"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [LL.]
Definition: One who discriminates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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