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florin Definition

florin (flôrin)

noun

  1. a gold coin of medieval Florence, issued in 1252
  2. a British coin originally equal to two shillings: coinage discontinued in 1971
  3. 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

  • gold: Gold florins circulated in mercantile Florence and gold sequins or ducats in Venice.
  • half: These were called florins or double leopards, half florins or leopards, quarter florins or helms.

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