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collybist

collybist noun: a money changer.

Noun

collybist (plural collybists)

  1. (obsolete) A money changer.
    • in the faces of these guilty collybists1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of collybist

pluralcollybists

Origin of collybist

From Ancient Greek κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “a small coin”) + -ist.

Questions about collybist

What does collybist mean?
Collybist means a money changer.
What part of speech is collybist?
Collybist is a noun.
What is the plural of collybist?
The plural of collybist is collybists.

Words near collybist in the dictionary

  1. colluvium
  2. colluviums
  3. colly
  4. Colly Blue
  5. collybioid
  6. collybist
  7. collybistin
  8. collybists
  9. Collyer
  10. Collyhurst
  11. collying

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