ambrosin
English
Etymology
From Latin ambrosīnus (nummus), from Ambrosius (“Ambrose”), the patron saint of Milan.
Noun
ambrosin (plural ambrosins)
- (numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
Translations
early coin of the Duchy of Milan, bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ambrosin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)