The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
RETRIEVER
retriever
(noun) a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
retriever (plural retrievers)
One who retrieves something.
A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.
(surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*triev"er, n.
1. One who retrieves.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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