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.
ROBBERS
Noun
robbers
plural of robber
Source: Wiktionary
ROBBER
Rob"ber, n.
Definition: One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton.
Syn.
– Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief. Robber crab. (Zoöl.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab.
– Robber fly. (Zoöl.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
– Robber gull (Zoöl.), a jager gull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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