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spur-ryal

spur-ryal is the alternative form of spur-royal.

Meaning of spur-royal

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-ryal

pluralspur-ryals

Questions about spur-ryal

What is spur-ryal the alternative form of?
Spur-ryal is the alternative form of spur-royal.

Words near spur-ryal in the dictionary

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

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