moydore
moydore is the alternative form of moidore.
Meaning of moidore
Noun
moidore (plural moidores)
- An old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.
- It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and...1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Forms of moydore
| plural | moydores |
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Questions about moydore
- What is moydore the alternative form of?
- Moydore is the alternative form of moidore.
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