moneyer
Americannoun
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Archaic. a person employed in the authorized coining of money.
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Obsolete. a moneylender or banker.
noun
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archaic a person who coins money
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an obsolete word for banker 1
Etymology
Origin of moneyer
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French monier < Late Latin monētārius coiner, minter (noun use of adj.: of money); monetary
Example Sentences
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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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