lifer
(noun) a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lifer (plural lifers)
A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.
A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life.
A person with a singular career path, especially in the military.
(birdwatching) A bird species seen for the first time by a birder who is keeping a list of all the species he or she has ever seen.
• (bird species): life bird
• Filer, Friel, filer, flier, rifle
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
