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.
WITHHOLDER
withholder
(noun) a person who restrains or checks or holds back
withholder
(noun) a person who refrains from granting; “a withholder of payments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
withholder (plural withholders)
Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.
Source: Wiktionary
With*hold"er, n.
Definition: One who withholds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACRIMONIOUS
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