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cruzado
[ kroo-zey-doh; Portuguese kroo-zah-doo ]
cruzado
/ kruˈzɑːdu; kruːˈzeɪdəʊ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cruzado1
C16: literally marked with a cross, from cruzar to bear a cross; see crusade
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Example Sentences
There is much lac here, worth half a cruzado the frazila, and an extensive manufacture of cotton cloths.
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The frazila of white benzoin is worth three cruzados, of black only a cruzado and a half.
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The Cruzado seemed to enter into the spirit of the chase, and in the present instance went off at a fast canter towards the hills.
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Also a coin equal to two Spanish reals or twenty Portuguese reis, or ten of which made a cruzado.
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The Portuguese cruzado was nearly the equivalent of the Spanish ducat.
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