Bezant
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bezant¹
- /ˈbɛzənt/
Rhymes with -ɛzənt
Where it comes from
From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).
noun bezants · Bezant · basant · besant · byzant · bezaunt
- A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin. 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; [...].
Bezant²
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of bezant.bezant
