moidore

American  

[moi-dawr, -dohr] / ˈmɔɪ dɔr, -doʊr /

noun

1. a former gold coin of Portugal and Brazil.

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moidore British  

/ ˈmɔɪdɔː /

noun

1. a former Portuguese gold coin

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Etymology

Origin of moidore

1695–1705; < Portuguese moeda de ouro coin of gold < Latin monēta dē aurō. See money, de, or ³

Example Sentences

The moidore was worth six pieces of eight, the pistole four, the johannes eight.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

On one occasion General Stone, the authority for the previous anecdote, crossed the ferry and offered a moidore in payment.

From George Washington, Volume II by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Here's gold moidore from Virginia—here—no, not that—that's keepsakes the girls gave me.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

I'll give thee a gold moidore, instead, my maid.

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary

Small coins of Portugal, of which 4800 go to the moidore.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir