coiner
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coiner¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English coynour, from Middle French coigneur; equivalent to coin + -er (agent noun suffix). In the cryptocurrency sense, coin + -er (“supporter”).
noun coiners
- A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins). But canst thou excuse thy selfe of vice in that thou art not couetous? certeinly no more then the murtherer would therefore be guiltlesse bicause he is no coyner.
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A person who invents words or phrases.
1651, John Ellistone (translator), Signatura Rerum by Jakob Böhme (1621), London: Gyles Calvert, Postscript, “The Translators Exposition of the word, Sude,” p. 207,
These are some unusual Words, which I have used in the rendering this Book into English; not that I would make it a Strange-Lation, or
Similar: neologist
- A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.). […] the inuenter & coyner of al these michiefes, & seruante & bondslaue of al bawdie luste, fylthie concupiscence, and all detestable sinne and vice.
- A person who invests in or advocates for cryptocurrencies.
Coiner²
proper noun Coiners
- A surname.
Talk about this word "coiner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coiner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coiner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coiner "coiner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coiner.Cite this
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