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bezzant

bezzant is the archaic 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 bezzant

pluralbezzants

Questions about bezzant

What is bezzant the archaic form of?
Bezzant is the archaic form of bezant.

Words near bezzant in the dictionary

  1. Bezosian
  2. Bezpopovets
  3. Bezpopovtsy
  4. bezsmertnovite
  5. Bezwada
  6. bezzant
  7. bezzants
  8. Bezzecchi
  9. bezzi
  10. bezzie
  11. bezzies

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