Moidore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Moidore is a noun meaning (historical) An old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.
Meaning
(historical) An old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.
Example Sentences
It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. 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, […]
Word Forms
- moidores
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include morabitino, maravedi, milreis, mouton, mohur, miliarense.
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