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medalet|ˈmɛdəlɪt| Also medallet. [f. medal n. + -et1.] A small or diminutive medal; also applied to small medals bearing the figures of saints, worn by Roman Catholics.
1789Pinkerton Ess. Medals I. xiii. 227, I shall beg leave to give this class the appellation of medalets. 1799J. Conder (title), An Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens, and Medalets. 1897W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations II. 227 A medalet with the three sisters of Napoleon as the Three Graces. |