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.
INTERCESSOR
mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor
(noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
intercessor (plural intercessors)
A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another.
A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*ces"sor, n. Etym: [L., a surety: cf. F. intercesseur.]
1. One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another. Milton.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
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