groat
See also: Groat
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊt/
- Rhymes: -əʊt
Etymology 1
From Middle English grot, from Old English grotan, plural of grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą. More at grit, grout.
Derived terms
Translations
hulled grain
Etymology 2
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
Noun
groat (plural groats)
- (archaic or historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
- An historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
- A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.
See also
Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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