In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EMPLOYEE
employee
(noun) a worker who is hired to perform a job
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
employee (plural employees)
An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
Hypernyms
• worker
Holonyms
• business, company
Source: Wiktionary
Em`ploy*ee", n. Etym: [The Eng. form of employé.]
Definition: One employed by another.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PEOPLE
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
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