MIQUELET

Etymology

Noun

miquelet (plural miquelets)

(military) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

Source: Wiktionary


Miq"ue*let, n. Etym: [Sp. miquelete.] (Mil.)

Definition: An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 February 2025

RESTORATION

(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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