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moneyer|ˈmʌnɪə(r)|
Forms: 4 moneur, 4–5 monyour, moneyere, 4–7 monyer, 5 moneyour, monyowre, moneour, moniour, 6–8 monier, 4– moneyer.
[a. OF. mon(n)ier, mon(n)oier:—L. monētārius coiner, minter.]
1.
†a. A money-changer. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 14727 Þair ox, þair cu, þair scepe þai sald, And moneurs [Fairf. moneyers] þair mone tald. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 49 Jesus..turnede up so doun þe bordis of monyeris. c1400Rom. Rose 6811 But see what gold han usurers, And silver eek in garners, Taylagiers, and these monyours.
b. A money-dealer, banker, capitalist. ? Obs.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Moneyers... Also Bankers that make it their Trade, to deal in Monies upon Return. 1755Johnson, Moneyer i. One that deals in money; a banker. 1855Thackeray Newcomes lxiv, F. B., sir, has a station in the world; F. B. moves among moneyers and City nobs.
2. One who coins money; a coiner, minter. Now chiefly Hist.
Formerly used as an official designation at the Mint; the ‘Company of Moneyers’ was abolished in 1837.
1421–2Hoccleve Dialogue 174 Ye cursed men, ye false moneyours. 1469in Archæologia XV. 175 The seid moniours to coyne and to make it. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. ii. xxi. (1589) 91 To enquire of all heretiques..false moniers, extortioners [etc.]. 1631Bedwell Descr. Tottenham E 3 b, A House..sometime in the tenure and occupation of Simon Bolton, monyer. 1668Lond. Gaz. No. 294/4 The Provost and Company of Moneyers. 1670Pettus Fodinæ Reg. 41 The Master-worker, who receiveth the Silver from the Warden,..and delivereth it to the Moniers. 1697Evelyn Numism. i. 4 Coin'd by certain Florentine moneyers. 1815Ann. Reg., Chron. 84 The moneyers' hall and offices also escaped with little injury. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. I. x. 314 The general depreciation of the coinage, caused by the dishonesty of the moneyers. |