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milreis Now Hist.|ˈmɪlreɪs|
Also 6 millreye, 6, 8 milrey, 7 milreise, milleray, 8 mill-ree, milrea, 9 milree.
[a. Pg. milreis, f. mil thousand + reis (see reis).]
Formerly, a Portuguese gold coin and money of account equal to 1,000 reis; also, a Brazilian silver coin (see quot. 1885). Replaced by new currency in Portugal in 1911 (see quot. 1913); and in Brazil in 1942 (see cruzeiro).
In the 17th cent. the Portuguese milreis was valued at between 13s. and 14s., and afterwards at 10s.
1589Discourse Voy. Spaine & Port. 9 Missing of their Portegues and Milrayes they dreamed on in Portingall. 1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten i. iii. 4 The Master and Pilot haue..each man 120 Milreyes, euery Milreyes being worth..seauen guilders. 1611Cotgr., Milrai, a Milleray; a coyne of gold worth betweene 13 and 14 shillings sterl. 1694tr. Milton's Lett. State Wks. 1738 II. 205 Seven thousand of our Pounds, or twice as many Milreys of Portugal Money. 1721C. King Brit. Merch. I. 348 They have cost..22 Millrees per Pipe at a Medium. 1885Pall Mall G. 17 Mar. 5/2 Government intend to propose certain measures tending to restore to par the real value of the milreis—namely, 2s. 3d. 1890Daily News 25 Jan. 5/6 The paper milrei is now worth 26d. 1913Statesman's Yearbk. 1155 The Decree of the Provisional Government of May 22, 1911, established a new monetary system... The unit is the gold escudo, of 100 centavos, which is equivalent to the 1-milreis gold piece. |