Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
INTENDANT
Etymology
Noun
intendant (plural intendants)
(UK) Administrator of an opera house or theater.
(dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.
Synonyms
• (governor): governor; see also circuit intendant (Chinese)
Adjective
intendant (comparative more intendant, superlative most intendant)
(obsolete) Attentive.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tend"ant, n. Etym: [F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.]
Definition: One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
In*tend"ant, a. Etym: [See Intend.]
Definition: Attentive. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
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