Doubloon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dʌˈbluːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doubloon is a noun meaning (Canada, slang, numismatics) Clipping of doubloonie.
Meaning
(Canada, slang, numismatics) Clipping of doubloonie.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of dabloon (“fictional currency”).
- (historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]
Example Sentences
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck – nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection.
Word Forms
- doubloons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dubloon, ducatoon, doubloonie, ducaton, dubbeltje, diobolon.
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