duro

[doo r-oh; Spanish doo-raw]

noun, plural du·ros

[doo r-ohz; Spanish doo-raws] /ˈdʊər oʊz; Spanish ˈdu rɔs/.

a peso of Spain or Spanish America.

Origin of duro

1825–35; < Spanish, short for peso duro hard piastre; see dure¹

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Examples from the Web for duro

Contemporary Examples of duro

A Fashion Week pop-up exhibition by designer Duro Olowu exhibits his enthusiastic, art-influenced worldview.
Designer Duro Olowu Mixes Fashion and Art in Pop-Up Exhibition
Robin Givhan
February 12, 2012

Historical Examples of duro

A peso, or duro, is the same as our dollar: it is a silver coin.
Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal
Oliver Optic
She had given him a duro, one of those white discs which, in that atheistic age, so rarely ascended that mountain trail!
The Torrent
Vicente Blasco Ibaez
Duro li sar a ricalcitrare a Dio, se tutto lo sforzo umano avessero.
A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2)
T. Adolphus Trollope
The deficiency was remedied by the soldier who was in charge of me for the consideration of a duro.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Duro has of late published in his Coln y Pinzon what purports to be a list of their names.
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery
Justin Winsor

British Dictionary definitions for duro

duro

noun plural -ros

the silver peso of Spain or Spanish America

Word Origin for duro

from Spanish, shortened from peso duro hard peso, ultimately from Latin dūrus hard

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