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.
TANKER
tanker, tank driver
(noun) a soldier who drives a tank
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tanker (plural tankers)
(nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
(automotive, US) A tank truck.
(automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
(rail) A tank car
(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
(surfing slang) A longboard.
Synonyms
• (military): tankman, tankist
• (military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
• (military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)
Verb
tanker (third-person singular simple present tankers, present participle tankering, simple past and past participle tankered)
(transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
Anagrams
• Kanter
Source: Wiktionary
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