kreutzer

[ kroit-ser ]

noun
  1. any of various former minor coins issued by German states.

  2. a former copper coin of Austria, one 100th of a florin.

Origin of kreutzer

1
First recorded in 1540–50; from German Kreuzer, equivalent to Kreuz “cross” (originally the device on the coin; see cross) + -er noun suffix (see -er1)

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Other definitions for Kreutzer (2 of 2)

Kreutzer
[ kroit-ser; French krœ-tser ]

noun
  1. Ro·dolphe [raw-dawlf], /rɔˈdɔlf/, 1766–1831, French violinist.

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How to use kreutzer in a sentence

  • Swanda was not the man to quit the inn so long as he had a kreutzer in his pocket, and on that day he had many of them.

  • He rummaged his pockets and turned his hat inside out, but all in vain; there was not even a kreutzer!

  • Uncle Christian knew exactly how I was situated, and yet had never sent me a kreutzer.

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  • My health is ruined, my clothes spoilt, and not a kreutzer do I get.'

  • The director de facto is Plantade; kreutzer leading player of the first violin, and Baillot of the second.

British Dictionary definitions for kreutzer

kreutzer

kreuzer

/ (ˈkrɔɪtsə) /


noun
  1. any of various former copper and silver coins of Germany or Austria

Origin of kreutzer

1
C16: from German Kreuzer, from Kreuz cross, from Latin crux; referring to the cross originally stamped upon such coins

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