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double eagle

double eagle noun: a gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.

double eagle: a gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle...
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Noun

double eagle (plural double eagles)

  1. (US) A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.
  2. Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.
  3. A representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the heraldic arms of Russia and Austria and in iconography from Antiquity onward (especially in the Roman Empire).
    • When a legion pitched its camp, the eagle was placed in its centre; and if it happened that two legions encamped together, they erected upon the limits of the two camps a double eagle, with heads and wings opposed.1865, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 294
    • The black imperial double eagle is better known and still features on the Albanian national flag.2011, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 115

Synonyms of double eagle

Forms of double eagle

pluraldouble eagles
alternative formdouble-eagle

Questions about double eagle

What does double eagle mean?
Double eagle means a gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.
What part of speech is double eagle?
Double eagle is a noun.
What is the plural of double eagle?
The plural of double eagle is double eagles.

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