moneyer
English
Etymology
From Middle English moneyour, partly from Middle English money + our, and partly from Anglo-Norman monoiier, monneiere, monnier. Equivalent to money + -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌnɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌniɚ/
Noun
moneyer (plural moneyers)
- (archaic) A moneylender.
- (historical) Someone who makes coins; an official minter.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 350:
- As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin dies which imitated the coins of ancient Rome from half a millennium before.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 350:
Middle English
Noun
moneyer
- Alternative form of moneyour