florin
florin
Definition
florin (flôr′in)
noun
- a gold coin of medieval Florence, issued in 1252
- a British coin originally equal to two shillings: coinage discontinued in 1971
- any of various European or South African silver or gold coins
Etymology: ME < OFr < It fiorino < fiore, a flower < L flos (gen. floris), flower: from the figure of a lily stamped on the original coins
florin
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pay: The player pays a florin for each point of garrison they want to add.
- call: These were called florins or double leopards, half florins or leopards, quarter florins or helms.
- make: I shall make three million florins, or, if the worst comes to the worse, my loss won't ruin me.
- take: On Thursday I took 1 florin for my own spending.
- have: By now we had almost two thousand florins worth of debts.
Adjective modifier
- double: Unfortunately the crown was also issued again after a break of forty years, and the new double florin proved unpopular.
- Rhenish: On the l4th of July, I had from Galeazzo 2 Rhenish florins.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near florin
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- florist
- floristic
- floristics
- -florous
- Flory
- floss
- flossy
- flotage
