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.
EXECUTOR
executor
(noun) a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
executor (plural executors)
A person who carries out some task.
(computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
(obsolete) An executioner.
Usage notes
• In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ec"u*tor, n. Etym: [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer.]
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
3. (Law)
Definition: The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
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