mintmaster

mintmaster

English

Etymology

mint +‎ master

Noun

mintmaster (plural mintmasters)

1. The superintendent of a mint, where money is coined.
   • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:

     The Mintmaster, and Goldsmith, in their Mixture of Metals, either of diuerse kindes, or diuerse values: how are they, or may they, exactly be directed, and meruailously pleasured, if Arithmetike be their guide?

Related terms

• master
• master of the mint
• Master of the Mint
• mint
• mintkeeper
• mint keeper
• mint master
• warden of the mint
• Warden of the Mint

 

Translations

Translations

German: Münzmeister Norwegian Bokmål: myntmester