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moidore

[ moi-dawr, -dohr ]

noun

  1. a former gold coin of Portugal and Brazil.


moidore

/ ˈmɔɪdɔː /

noun

  1. a former Portuguese gold coin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moidore1

1695–1705; < Portuguese moeda de ouro coin of gold < Latin monēta dē aurō. See money, de, or 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of moidore1

C18: from Portuguese moeda de ouro: money of gold
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Example Sentences

Moidore, moi′dōr, n. a disused gold coin of Portugal worth 27s.

From the moidore he passes to infantile complaints which it must have pained the heart of the mother of ten children to hear had carried off many children in Philadelphia that summer, and then, after just a word about Cousin Coleman and two of the outspoken Folgers, he has this to say about Sally: "Your granddaughter is the greatest lover of her book and school, of any child I ever knew, and is very dutiful to her mistress as well as to us."

Now let us go and sell the mantle, the gold alone is well worth a moidore. 

Then, when all joys were exhausted, that is, when the last moidore had slipped through their fingers, the pirates went back to their ships, rubbed their eyes, and looked about for more work.

A national denomination for the moidore.

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