crusado
noun
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
crusadoes
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pluralof crusado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He bequeathed 800,000 crusadoes for the retired women, 400,000 for the patients, one to each on leaving the hospital, and 400,000, dowry to 38 girls every year, at the period of the foundation, 1716.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria
Florins, crusadoes, ducats, patards, sols, and deniers fell into it thick as hail.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
The King's fifth of the mines yields annually thirteen millions of crusadoes or half dollars.
From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Jefferson, Thomas
It is computed that fifty millions of crusadoes, at least, were carried out of the country by the Portuguese returning to Lisbon.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria
I have houses, Jewels, and a poor remnant of crusadoes; Would those would make you charitable!
From The White Devil by Webster, John
