In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FORELADY
forewoman, forelady
(noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
forelady (plural foreladies)
the female equivalent of a foreman
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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