In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNPERSON
nonperson, unperson
(noun) a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons); “the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration”; “George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
unperson (plural unpersons or unpeople)
A human who has been stripped of rights, identity or humanity.
Verb
unperson (third-person singular simple present unpersons, present participle unpersoning, simple past and past participle unpersoned)
(transitive) To strip (a human being) of rights, identity or humanity.
Anagrams
• prenouns
Source: Wiktionary
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