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bezants

bezants is the plural of bezant.

Meaning of bezant

Noun

bezant (plural bezants)

  1. A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
    Synonyms:
    solidus
  2. A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.
    • One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575

Questions about bezants

What is bezants the plural of?
Bezants is the plural of bezant.

Words near bezants in the dictionary

  1. Bezansons
  2. bezant
  3. bezanted
  4. bezantler
  5. bezantlers
  6. bezants
  7. bezanty
  8. bezanté
  9. bezantée
  10. Bezas
  11. bezaunt

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