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• grosz
  grosz

  noun

  an aluminum coin of Poland, one 100th of a zloty.
• Grosz
  Grosz

  noun

  George, 1893–1959, U.S. painter and graphic artist, born in Germany.

grosz

¹ American  

[grawsh] / grɔʃ /

noun

groszy plural

1. an aluminum coin of Poland, one 100th of a zloty.

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Grosz ² American  

[grohs] / groʊs /

noun

1. George, 1893–1959, U.S. painter and graphic artist, born in Germany.

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Grosz ¹ British  

/ ɡrɔs, ɡrəʊs /

noun

1. George. 1893–1959, German painter, in the US from 1932, whose works satirized German militarism and bourgeois society

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grosz ² British  

/ ɡrɔːʃ /

noun

1. a Polish monetary unit worth one hundredth of a złoty

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• groszy
  plural

Etymology

Origin of grosz

First recorded in 1945–50; from Polish, from Czech groš; see groschen

Example Sentences

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Grosz groszy

These include Klimt’s knockout masterpiece, 1916-18 “The Dancer” and Kirchner’s 1911 “The Russian Dancer Mela,” as well works by Otto Dix, George Grosz and Franz Marc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

So did Grosz, who years later bought it back himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025

Meyers and Grosz were both accepted, and they shared an apartment in Amsterdam with Allison Silverman, who would later become an Emmy-winning comedy writer for “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Under the agreement, Bishop Emeritus Richard Malone and former Auxiliary Bishop Edward Grosz are banned for life from holding any secular fiduciary role with a charity registered in New York, James said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

Much of the joy of the performance, though, came from playing off other actors, such as Peter Grosz as a subservient Vice President Pence.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2021

Admission only five copecks, only five copecks! . . . for the poorer people only ten groszy!

From The Comedienne by Obecny, Edmund

Janina knew that the chorus girls even after the most profitable performance received only fifty copecks on account and usually only two gold pieces or forty groszy.

From The Comedienne by Obecny, Edmund