In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VANGUARDS
Noun
vanguards
plural of vanguard
Anagrams
• guard's van
Source: Wiktionary
VANGUARD
Van"guard`, n. Etym: [For vantguard, avantguard, F. avant-garde; avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant, Ab-,Ante-, and Guard, and cf. Advance, Vamp, Van of an army, Vaward.] (Mil.)
Definition: The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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