In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STOCKMAN
stockman, stock raiser, stock farmer
(noun) farmer who breed or raises livestock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stockman (plural stockmen)
A man who raises or looks after livestock.
A person who works in a stockroom.
Proper noun
Stockman
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Stock"man, n.; pl. Stockmen (.
Definition: A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock. [Australia & U.S.] W. Howitt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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