florin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
florin /ˈflɒrɪn/
▶noun
- 1 a former British coin and monetary unit worth two shillings.
■ an English gold coin of the 14th century, worth six shillings and eight old pence.
- 2 a foreign coin of gold or silver, especially a Dutch guilder.
- 3 the basic monetary unit of Aruba, equal to 100 cents.
– origin via OFr. from Ital. fiorino, dimin. of fiore ‘flower’ (orig. referring to a Florentine coin bearing a fleur-de-lis).
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