In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
OSTLER
stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler
(noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ostler (plural ostlers)
A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom
Synonyms
• groom
Anagrams
• loster, reslot, rostel, solert, sterol, torsel
Source: Wiktionary
Ost"ler, n.
Definition: See Hostler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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