An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
RONIN
Etymology
Noun
ronin (plural ronins or ronin)
A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
(colloquial, in Japan) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice: if the student does not wish to take the exam the following year or is unable to, the student becomes a ronin, assuming full responsibility for their own training and survival.
Etymology
Proper noun
Ronin
A male given name from coinages.
Source: Wiktionary
Ro"nin", n. [Jap. ro-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + jĂŞn (old sound nin) man.]
Definition: In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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