Groat Definition
grōt
noun
An obsolete English silver coin worth fourpence.
Webster's New World
A trifling sum.
Webster's New World
(chiefly in the plural) Hulled grain.
Wiktionary
(archaic) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
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Origin of Groat
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Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius (“coin”) grossus (“large”). Related to German Groschen
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Middle English grot from Middle Dutch groot a thick, large coin translation of Medieval Latin (dēnārius) grossus thick (denarius)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English grotes (pl.), from Old English grotan, plural of grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą. More at grit.
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