fils
(noun) a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fils (not comparable)
Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.
• Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.
• père
fils (plural fils)
(rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
fils (plural fulus)
(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
• silf
FILs
plural of FIL
• silf
Source: Wiktionary
Fils, n. [F., fr. L. filius. See Filial.]
Definition: Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Fil, obs.
Definition: imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
