Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SELECTOR
selector, selector switch
(noun) a switch that is used to select among alternatives
picker, chooser, selector
(noun) a person who chooses or selects out
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
selector (plural selectors)
Someone or something which selects or chooses.
(cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
(computing, programming) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
(computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
(internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
Coordinate term: URL
(music) A disc jockey.
Anagrams
• Electors, corelets, corselet, electors, electros
Source: Wiktionary
Se*lect"or, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: One who selects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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