The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
padres
plural of padre
• Persad, drapes, dreaps, parsed, rasped, repads, spader, spared, spread
Padres
plural of Padre
• Persad, drapes, dreaps, parsed, rasped, repads, spader, spared, spread
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"dre, n.; pl. Sp. & Pg. Padres (#); It. Padri (#). [Sp., Pg., & It., fr. L. pater father. See Father.]
1. A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America.
2. In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region. Kipling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.