coiner
coiner noun: a person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
Noun
coiner (plural coiners)
- A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
- But canst thou excuse thy selfe of vice in that thou art not couetous? certeinly no more then the murtherer would therefore be guiltlesse bicause he is no coyner.1580, John Lyly, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wyt, London: Gabriel Cawood, page 85
- […] that most venerable man which I
Did call my father, was I know not where
When I was stamp’d; some coiner with his tools
Made me a counterfeit […]1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- A person who invents words or phrases.
- These are some unusual Words, which I have used in the rendering this Book into English; not that I would make it a Strange-Lation, or be a Coyner of new words to amuse the mind only, but to express as well, and as fitly as I could, the Authors Intent and scope […]1651, John Ellistone (translator), Signatura Rerum by Jakob Böhme (1621), London: Gyles Calvert, Postscript, “The Translators Exposition of the word, Sude,” p. 207
- This is likewise a Libel upon the memory of Mr. Dryden whom he pretends to admire; for never any one was a greater Coiner than he, and it is directly contrary to the Improvement of Languages […]1711, John Dennis, Reflections Critical and Satyrical, upon a Late Rhapsody call’d, An Essay upon Criticism, London: Bernard Lintott, page 16
- Synonyms:
- neologist
- A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.).
- […] the inuenter & coyner of al these michiefes, & seruante & bondslaue of al bawdie luste, fylthie concupiscence, and all detestable sinne and vice.1566, Petrus Frarinus, translated by John Fowler, An Oration against the Unlawfull Insturrections of the Protestantes of our Time, Antwerp
- The truth is, men in generall hate lying, both the coyner of it, and the teller of it […]1615, Richard Rogers, A Commentary upon the Whole Booke of Judges, Sermon 66, Chapter 11, Part 2, p. 559
- A person who invests in or advocates for cryptocurrencies.
Proper noun capitalized: Coiner
Coiner (plural Coiners)
- A surname.
coiner meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
coiner in Tamil
- கம்பட்டக்காரன்
coiner in Urdu
- coiner, minter
- ٹکسالی ṭaksālī
coiner in Kannada
- ಟಂಕಣಿಗ, ನಾಣ್ಯ ತಯಾರಕ
Examples of coiner in a sentence
- The figures and letters were so mingled together, that one would think the Coiner was hard put to it on what part of the money to bestow the several words of his inscription.1726, Joseph Addison, Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, Dialogue 3, p. 154:
- The coiners too multiplied and prospered; for the worse the current money became the more easily it was imitated.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify...
- They are expert smiths and coiners; they are said to have great treasures in the dolmen in which they dwell, and of which they are regarded as the builders.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 432:
- It was not, however, among the verbs and adjectives that the American word-coiners of the first half of the century achieved their gaudiest innovations, but among the substantives.1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, New York: Knopf, Chapter 3, §3, p. 80:
Synonyms of coiner
Antonyms
Forms of coiner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coiners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Coiners |
Origin of coiner
From Middle English coynour, from Middle French coigneur; equivalent to coin + -er (agent noun suffix). In the cryptocurrency sense, coin + -er (“supporter”).
Words formed from coiner
Questions about coiner
- What does coiner mean?
- Coiner means a person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
- What is coiner in Tamil?
- Coiner in Tamil is கம்பட்டக்காரன். See Coiner meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use coiner in a sentence?
- The figures and letters were so mingled together, that one would think the Coiner was hard put to it on what part of the money to bestow the several words of his inscription.
- What part of speech is coiner?
- Coiner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of coiner?
- The plural of coiner is coiners.
Words near coiner in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coiner (page history and authors); Coiner (page history and authors); coiner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ٹکسالی (Urdu) (page history and authors); coiner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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