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.
LOCKMAN
lockmaster, lockman, lockkeeper
(noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lockman (plural lockmen)
(Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
(Isle of Man) An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
Anagrams
• manlock
Proper noun
Lockman (plural Lockmans)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lockman is the 11279th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2801 individuals. Lockman is most common among White (86.54%) individuals.
Anagrams
• manlock
Source: Wiktionary
Lock"man, n.
Definition: A public executioner. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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