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.

---

milreis British  

/ milˈrɛiʃ, ˈmɪlˌreɪs /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of milreis

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

Example Sentences

Hamilton Club Brooklyn, N. Y. There exist, however, chiefly in museums, a few examples of the metallic milreis, doubtless referred to by Original Subscriber Nutt.

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

A fervent admirer of President Roosevelt, Senhor Aranha promulgated an "Economic Readjustment Act," abolished the gold milreis and repudiated the gold clauses in foreign utility contracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Growers have received about 2 milreis a bag from the Government for the rest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Received from the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of one thousand milreis, on account of a distribution of eighty contos of reis, &c. &c.

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