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octadrachms

octadrachms is the plural of octadrachm.

Meaning of octadrachm

Noun

octadrachm (plural octadrachms)

  1. (historical) An Ancient Greek coin having a value of eight drachmas.
    • On the morning of the 3rd of September he was dictating to his secretary a monograph to which he had given the attractive title, "The Portrait of Alexander the Great, as Jupiter Ammon, on an unedited octadrachm of Macedonia," when a telegram was brought in.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about octadrachms

What is octadrachms the plural of?
Octadrachms is the plural of octadrachm.

Words near octadrachms in the dictionary

  1. octadienal
  2. octadienals
  3. octadiene
  4. octadienes
  5. octadrachm
  6. octadrachms
  7. octads
  8. octaedral
  9. octaedron
  10. octaeteric
  11. octaeterides

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