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.
SWIMMER
swimmer, natator, bather
(noun) a person who travels through the water by swimming; “he is not a good swimmer”
swimmer
(noun) a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; “he was an Olympic swimmer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
swimmer (plural swimmers)
One who swims.
A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
A webfooted aquatic bird.
(chiefly, in the plural, colloquial) A sperm.
(UK, informal) A Norfolk dumpling.
Source: Wiktionary
Swim"mer, n.
1. One who swims.
2. (Far.)
Definition: A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A swimming bird; one of the natatores. Little swimmer (Zoöl.), a phalarope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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