In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXPECTANTS
Noun
expectants
plural of expectant
Anagrams
• exceptants
Source: Wiktionary
EXPECTANT
Ex*pect"ant, a. Etym: [L.expectans, exspectans, p.pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Definition: Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.)
Definition: waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.
Ex*pect"ant, n.
Definition: One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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