In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ROUSER
waker, rouser, arouser
(noun) someone who rouses others from sleep
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rouser (plural rousers)
Something very exciting or stimulating.
One who rouses another from sleep.
(colloquial, archaic) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.
Anagrams
• sourer
Proper noun
Rouser (plural Rousers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rouser is the 32396th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 710 individuals. Rouser is most common among Black/African American (55.21%) and White (39.58%) individuals.
Anagrams
• sourer
Source: Wiktionary
Rous"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, rouses.
2. Something very exciting or great. [Colloq.]
3. (Brewing)
Definition: A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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