moneyer

[ muhn-ee-er ]

noun

1. Archaic. a person employed in the authorized coining of money.
2. Obsolete. a moneylender or banker.

moneyer

/ ˈmʌnɪə /

noun

1. archaic.
   a person who coins money
2. an obsolete word for banker 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of moneyer¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French monier < Late Latin monētārius coiner, minter (noun use of adj.: of money); monetary

Example Sentences

The ingots were minted into coin in the abbey itself; but the moneyers employed proved fraudulent, and the royal officers at Cambridge, to whom the cash was paid, reported it deficient in weight.

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It is written in another gospel, that there sat moneyers, and there were oxen for sale, and sheep, and doves.

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"If you had so many moneyers, why have you not paid your debt long ago?"

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Babba, the name of a moneyer, and other ancient names, is from a stem which Foerstemann thinks must have been originally derived from "children's speech."

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The burh was provided by law with a mint and royal moneyers and exchangers, with an authorized scale for weights and measures.

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