groat
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊt
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English grotes (pl.), from Old English grotan, plural of grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutan. More at grit.
Noun [edit]
groat (plural groats)
- (chiefly plural) hulled grain
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
hulled grain
Etymology 2 [edit]
Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius (“coin”) grossus (“large”). Related to German Groschen
Noun [edit]
groat (plural groats)
- (archaic) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
- An historic English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
See also [edit]
Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Groat (coin)
