Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
JOINER
joiner
(noun) a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood
joiner
(noun) a person who likes to join groups
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
joiner (plural joiners)
A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.
Hypernyms
• (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter
Etymology 2
Noun
joiner (plural joiners)
A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
A person who joins societies or organizations.
Anagrams
• rejoin
Proper noun
Joiner (plural Joiners)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Joiner is the 2228th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16349 individuals. Joiner is most common among White (64.02%) and Black/African American (31.05%) individuals.
Anagrams
• rejoin
Source: Wiktionary
Join"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, joins.
2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak.
3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Syn.
– See Carpenter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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