Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A former Portuguese or Brazilian gold coin that was also current in England in the early 1700s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gold coin (also called
lisbonine ) formerly current in Portugal. It was equivalent in value to about $6. 50.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An old
Portuguese gold coin , minted from 1640 to 1732.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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[80] A moidore was a gold coin from Portugal or Brazil in use in Carter's time.
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[31] A moidore was a gold coin from Portugal or Brazil in use in Carter's time.
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[25] A moidore was a gold coin from Portugal or Brazil in use in Carter's time.
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[51] A moidore was a gold coin from Portugal or Brazil in use at Carter's time.
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We took the boy up to Theo in her room (he mounted the stair in his little tramping boots, of which he was very proud); and Theo kissed him, and thanked him; and his moidore has been in her purse from that day.
The Virginians 2006
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His most faithful Majesty of Portugal is the best off of anybody in this, transaction, for he saves his kingdom by it, and has not laid out one moidore in defense of it.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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The principles with which he had been seasoned in his youth served to render him more tractable and civilized when under his last misfortunes, unto which he fell with the two afore-mentioned malefactors; they being all indicted for assaulting one Mr. Francis Williams on the highway, and taking from him a silver watch value three pounds, two guineas and a moidore, [79] on the 28th of February, 1728.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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Jacobus, coined by James I, was of the same value; the moidore was worth about 27s.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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The first robbery they committed was upon Mr. William Isgrig, from whom they took sixteen guineas, seven half-guineas, three broad pieces, one moidore, twenty shillings in silver, and a watch value two pounds.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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"By token," she smiled, "of a gold moidore that was paid for a loaf of bread."
Audrey Mary Johnston 1903
fbharjo commented on the word moidore
moidore money=gold literally: ore that never goes out of fashion (always mod)???
January 14, 2007
yarb commented on the word moidore
Citation on doubloon.
July 29, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word moidore
"He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore."
Talking It Over by Julian Barnes, p 29
March 28, 2018