Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
TIRAILLEUR
Etymology
Noun
tirailleur (plural tirailleurs)
An infantry soldier.
Source: Wiktionary
Ti`rail`leur", n. Etym: [F., from tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.] (Mil.)
Definition: Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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