moneyer

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English moneyour, partly from Middle English money +‎ our, and partly from Anglo-Norman monoiier, monneiere, monnier. Equivalent to money +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌnɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌniɚ/

Noun

moneyer (plural moneyers)

  1. (archaic) A moneylender.
  2. (historical) Someone who makes coins; an official minter.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 350:
      As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin dies which imitated the coins of ancient Rome from half a millennium before.

Middle English

Noun

moneyer

  1. Alternative form of moneyour
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