bezant
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant (plural bezants)
- (history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- Synonym: solidus
- (heraldry) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.
- 1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:
- One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].
Derived terms
Translations
coin minted at Byzantium
heraldic representation of a gold coin
See also
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| tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
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| roundel (in parentheses: semé): |  bezant (bezanty) |
 plate (platy) |
 torteau (tortelly) |
 hurt (hurty) |
 pellet (pellety), ogress |
 pomme |
 golpe (golpy) |
 orange (semé of oranges) |
 guze (semé of guzes) | |
| goutte (noun) / gutty (adj) thereof: |  (goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold) |
 d'eau (of water) |
 de sang (of blood) |
 de larmes (of tears) |
 de poix (of pitch) |
 d'huile / d'olive (olive oil) |
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| tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant m (plural bezants)
- bezant (coin)
Further reading
- “bezant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Noun
bezant oblique singular, m (oblique plural bezanz or bezantz, nominative singular bezanz or bezantz, nominative plural bezant)
- bezant (coin)