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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
“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 moneyer1

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

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

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

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."

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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