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kreutzer
1[ kroit-ser ]
noun
- any of various former minor coins issued by German states.
- a former copper coin of Austria, one 100th of a florin.
Kreutzer
2[ kroit-ser; French krœ-tser ]
noun
- Ro·dolphe [r, aw-, dawlf], 1766–1831, French violinist.
kreutzer
/ ˈkrɔɪtsə /
noun
- any of various former copper and silver coins of Germany or Austria
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kreutzer1
C16: from German Kreuzer, from Kreuz cross, from Latin crux; referring to the cross originally stamped upon such coins
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Example Sentences
Swanda was not the man to quit the inn so long as he had a kreutzer in his pocket, and on that day he had many of them.
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He rummaged his pockets and turned his hat inside out, but all in vain; there was not even a kreutzer!
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Uncle Christian knew exactly how I was situated, and yet had never sent me a kreutzer.
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My health is ruined, my clothes spoilt, and not a kreutzer do I get.'
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The director de facto is Plantade; Kreutzer leading player of the first violin, and Baillot of the second.
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