bezant
English
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Etymology
From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant (plural bezants)
- (history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- Synonym: solidus
- (heraldry) The heraldic representation of a gold coin.
- 1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:
- One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].
Translations
coin minted at Byzantium
heraldic representation of a gold coin
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant m (plural bezants)
- bezant (coin)
Further reading
- “bezant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
bezant oblique singular, m (oblique plural bezanz or bezantz, nominative singular bezanz or bezantz, nominative plural bezant)
- bezant (coin)
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