equites
plural of eques
Source: Wiktionary
Eq"ui*tes n. pl Etym: [L., pl. of eques a horseman.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
