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spur-royal

spur-royal noun: a former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.

Noun

spur-royal (plural spur-royals)

  1. (historical) A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.

Forms of spur-royal

pluralspur-royals
alternative formspur-rial
alternative formspur-ryal

Questions about spur-royal

What does spur-royal mean?
Spur-royal means a former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.
What part of speech is spur-royal?
Spur-royal is a noun.
What is the plural of spur-royal?
The plural of spur-royal is spur-royals.

Words near spur-royal in the dictionary

  1. spur-leather
  2. spur-leathers
  3. spur-of-the-moment
  4. spur-rial
  5. spur-rials
  6. spur-royal
  7. spur-royals
  8. spur-ryal
  9. spur-ryals
  10. spur-shell
  11. spur-shells

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