The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
TAXER
taxer
(noun) a bureaucrat who levies taxes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
taxer (plural taxers)
One who taxes.
(UK, Cambridge University) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
Anagrams
• Artex, extra, extra-, retax
Source: Wiktionary
Tax"er, n.
1. One who taxes.
2. One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed. [Camb. Univ., Eng.] [Written also taxor.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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