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Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony noun: a Susan B. Anthony dollar.

susan b. anthony: a Susan B. Anthony dollar
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Noun

Susan B. Anthony (plural Susan B. Anthonys or Susan B. Anthonies)

  1. (informal) A Susan B. Anthony dollar.
    • There has been much discussion about the minting of coins for use during SCA events. However the one problem most likely to scrap the entire project is getting the merchants to accept the coins when most of them prefer not to accept even mundane Susan B. Anthonys and half dollars.1990 May 23, DILLON%cimv1...@relay.cs.net, “Coinage problems”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet), retrieved 08 Oct 2022

Forms of Susan B. Anthony

pluralSusan B. Anthonys
pluralSusan B. Anthonies
alternative initialismSBA

Origin of Susan B. Anthony

In reference to Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), a women's rights activist whose portrait is featured on the coin's obverse. Further etymology In her youth, Susan Anthony and her sisters responded to a “great craze for middle initials” by adding middle initials to their own names. Anthony adopted “B.” as her middle initial because her namesake Aunt Susan had married a man named Brownell. Anthony never used the name Brownell herself, and did not like it.

Questions about Susan B. Anthony

What does Susan B. Anthony mean?
Susan B. Anthony means a Susan B. Anthony dollar.
What part of speech is Susan B. Anthony?
Susan B. Anthony is a noun.
What is the plural of Susan B. Anthony?
The plural of Susan B. Anthony is Susan B. Anthonys.

Words near Susan B. Anthony in the dictionary

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  8. Susan Lucci
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  10. Susanna
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