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mint-master

mint-master is the alternative form of mintmaster.

Meaning of mintmaster

Noun

mintmaster (plural mintmasters)

  1. Synonym of moneyer, the superintendant of a mint, particularly (historical) one responsible for coinage.
    • The Mintmaster, and Goldsmith, in their Mixture of Metals, either of diuerse kindes, or diuerse values: how are they, or may they, exactly be directed, and meruailously pleasured, if Arithmetike be their guide?1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
    Synonyms:
    moneyer
  2. Synonym of master of the mint, the national superintendant of all mints.
  3. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of neologist, a person who coins new words or expressions.
    Synonyms:
    neologist

Forms of mint-master

pluralmint-masters

Questions about mint-master

What is mint-master the alternative form of?
Mint-master is the alternative form of mintmaster.

Words near mint-master in the dictionary

  1. mint vinegars
  2. mint warden
  3. mint wardens
  4. mint water
  5. mint waters
  6. mint-master
  7. mint-masters
  8. Mintabie
  9. mintable
  10. Mintac
  11. mintage

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