daric
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of daric
1560–70; < Greek Dāreikós (statḗr) (Persian stater) of Darius ( def. )
Example Sentences
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An Asiatic sailor clamoured at the money-changer’s stall for another obol in change for a Persian daric.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
There was much protesting and headshaking, at last ended by the glint of a daric.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
The name of the coin, "daric," is probably not derived from his name, however.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
It contained more grains of gold than the daric.
From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham
The daric is equal to about a guinea or a louis d'or of our time, as the Chevalier de Jaucourt very well observes, and not ten francs, as Rollin says.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
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