moneyer

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moneyer

  • /ˈmʌniə/ UK
  • /ˈmʌniɚ/ US

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

noun moneyers · monier

  1. A minter: one who makes money, particularly (historical) the superintendent of a mint producing coinage. As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin dies which imitated the coins of ancient Rome from half a millennium before.
  2. archaic Synonym of moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest.

    Similar: moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest

Similar: coiner, master of the mint, minter, mintkeeper, mintmaster, mint warden

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noun one who makes money

Españolacuñador
Portuguêscunhador
Françaismonnayeur, frappeur
DeutschMünzmeister
Italianoconiatore

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@misc{moneyer_2026,
  title = {moneyer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moneyer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}