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bezaunt

bezaunt is the obsolete form 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

Forms of bezaunt

pluralbezaunts

Questions about bezaunt

What is bezaunt the obsolete form of?
Bezaunt is the obsolete form of bezant.

Words near bezaunt in the dictionary

  1. bezants
  2. bezanty
  3. bezanté
  4. bezantée
  5. Bezas
  6. bezaunt
  7. bezaunts
  8. Bezawada
  9. bezazz
  10. Bezdead
  11. Bezeklik

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