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groat (grōt)

noun

  1. an obsolete English silver coin worth fourpence
  2. a trifling sum

Etymology: ME grote < MDu groot or MLowG grote, lit., great, mistransl. of MHG grosse, short for ML (denarius) grossus, lit., gross (i.e., thick) (denarius): see gross

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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