Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
MATRONS
Noun
matrons
plural of matron
Anagrams
• Marston, Morants, Rotmans, Stroman, Tromans, romants, transom
Source: Wiktionary
MATRON
Ma"tron, n. Etym: [F. matrone, L. matrona, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners. Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids. Shak. Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother. Fuller.
2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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