In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PUPPETEER
puppeteer
(noun) one who operates puppets or marionettes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
puppeteer (plural puppeteers)
A person who uses a puppet.
(figurative) Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or events to develop in the way they want, respectively, in a puppet-like manner.
Verb
puppeteer (third-person singular simple present puppeteers, present participle puppeteering, simple past and past participle puppeteered)
To control a person, event, or organisation.
Source: Wiktionary
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