In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUFFERER
martyr, sufferer
(noun) one who suffers for the sake of principle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sufferer (plural sufferers)
One who suffers.
One who is afflicted.
Source: Wiktionary
Suf"fer*er, n.
1. One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.
2. One who permits or allows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTITUTION
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