In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MARCHMAN
Proper noun
Marchman (plural Marchmans)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marchman is the 23300th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1093 individuals. Marchman is most common among White (73.83%) and Black/African American (20.31%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
marchman (plural marchmen)
(historical) A person living in the marches (border regions) between England and Scotland or Wales.
Source: Wiktionary
March"man, n.
Definition: A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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