An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
IDOLATER
idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol worshiper
(noun) a person who worships idols
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
idolater (plural idolaters) (female idolatress)
One who worships idols; (historical) a pagan.
Anagrams
• roaldite, tailored, tailrode
Source: Wiktionary
I*dol"a*ter, n. Etym: [F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. Idolatry.]
1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
2. An adorer; a great admirer. Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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