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angelot

angelot noun: a French gold coin from the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael.

Noun

angelot (plural angelots)

  1. (obsolete) A French gold coin from the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael
  2. (obsolete) a coin minted in Paris by the English, during the reign of Henry VI.
  3. (obsolete) A sort of small, rich cheese made in Normandy, especially Pont-l'Évêque cheese but formerly applied to other cheeses.
  4. (obsolete) An old musical instrument similar to the lute.
    • Much as you study arras how to twirl / His Angelot, plaything of page and girl, / Once; […]1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Second”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66

Forms of angelot

pluralangelots

Origin of angelot

Borrowed from French angelot (“small angel”).

Questions about angelot

What does angelot mean?
Angelot means a French gold coin from the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael.
What part of speech is angelot?
Angelot is a noun.
What is the plural of angelot?
The plural of angelot is angelots.

Words near angelot in the dictionary

  1. angelophanies
  2. angelophany
  3. Angelopoulos
  4. Angelopoulou
  5. Angelos
  6. angelot
  7. angelots
  8. Angelov
  9. angeloweed
  10. angeloyl
  11. angeloylgomisin

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