In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TARGETEER
Etymology
Noun
targeteer (plural targeteers)
Someone who tests the accuracy of weapons, especially by firing them at calibrated targets.
One armed with a target or shield.
Source: Wiktionary
Tar`get*eer", n.
Definition: One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also targetier.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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