Groat
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noun.
An English silver coin worth four pence, used from the 14th to the 17th century.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
An English silver coin, of the value of fourpence, first issued for circulation in the reign of Edward III.
noun.
One of various small continental coins.
noun.
Proverbially, a very small sum.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
noun.
Any small sum of money.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
hulled
grain
noun.
Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
noun.
An historic English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of
Maundy coins
.
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noun.
a former English silver coin worth four pennies
Word Usage
"-- All this king's coins are very rare, except the groat, which is less rare than the others, some groats having lately been discovered."
cross-reference
borage groat
spurred groat
tournay groat
Etymologically Related
grit
grits
grout
grouts
gruel
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
coin
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Capote
Choate
Vote
afloat
bloat
Same Context
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brither
buckwheat
controuersie
crown-piece
fourpence
Synonym
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air pollution
atom
attritus
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