Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
WATERMAN
boatman, boater, waterman
(noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
waterman (plural watermen)
(obsolete) A seaman, a sailor.
A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
(dated) Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
(surfing) A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
Usage notes
• Describing someone as a waterman is the highest honour in the surfing community, reserved for those with long-standing and indisputably significant all-round achievements.
Proper noun
Waterman
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"ter*man, n.; pl. Watermen (.
1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
2. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses. [Eng.] Dickens.
3. A water demon. Tylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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