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.
OCCUPANT
resident, occupant, occupier
(noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
occupant (plural occupants)
A person who occupies an office or a position.
A person who occupies a place.
A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
The owner or tenant of a property.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"cu*pant, n. Etym: [L. occupans, p.pr. of occupare: cf. F. occupant. See Occupy.]
1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.
Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner.
2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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