In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INDEPENDENTS
Noun
independents
plural of independent
Source: Wiktionary
INDEPENDENT
In`de*pend"ent, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf. F. indépendant.]
1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. A dry, but independent crust. Cowper.
2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement. R. P. Ward.
6. (Eccl.)
Definition: Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
7. (Math.)
Definition: Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
8. (U. S. Politics)
Definition: Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party. Independent company (Mil.), one not incorporated in any regiment.
– Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second.
– Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable, under Dependent.
Syn.
– Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
In`de*pend"ent, n.
1. (Eccl.)
Definition: One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
Note: In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl.) to the Congregationalists.
2. (Politics)
Definition: One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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