milreis

American  

[mil-reys, meel-reys] / ˈmɪlˌreɪs, milˈreɪs /

noun

plural

milreis

1. a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.

2. a gold coin and former monetary unit of Portugal, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1910.

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milreis British  

/ milˈrɛiʃ, ˈmɪlˌreɪs /

noun

1. a former monetary unit of Portugal and Brazil, divided into 1000 reis

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Etymology

Origin of milreis

1580–90; < Portuguese: a thousand reis. See milli-, reis

Example Sentences

Then, one and a half hours after opening, a seven-year-old girl broke the ice, bought a 2 milreis doll.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Rio, bankers close to President Getulio Vargas rumored that he would peg the milreis to the dollar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only gradually will the new 10, 20 and 50 centavo pieces, the new, uniform-size cruzeiro bills supplant the timeworn milreis.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Minister successively of Justice and Finance, Aranha squelched an inevitable counterrevolution, juggled Brazil's gold milreis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Received of Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of two thousand six hundred and five milreis, being the amount of my account for provisions supplied to the Brazilian Squadron.

From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of