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pistareen

pistareen noun: a Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.

Noun

pistareen (plural pistareens)

  1. (historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.
    • [T]hose poor souls never had more than nine pence per day, and seldom more than six pence, from their masters or owners, though they earned them three or four pisterines […].1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 5, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I

Forms of pistareen

pluralpistareens
alternative formpisterine

Origin of pistareen

Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta + -een.

Questions about pistareen

What does pistareen mean?
Pistareen means a Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.
What part of speech is pistareen?
Pistareen is a noun.
What is the plural of pistareen?
The plural of pistareen is pistareens.

Words near pistareen in the dictionary

  1. pistacias
  2. pistacite
  3. pistacites
  4. pistack
  5. pistanthrophobia
  6. pistareen
  7. pistareens
  8. pistas
  9. pistazite
  10. pistazites
  11. piste

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