duron.

Brit.

/ˈdʊərəʊ/,

/ˈduːrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈdu(ˌ)roʊ/

Forms: 1700s dura, 1700s– duro, 1800s– douro.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish.

Etymology: < Spanish duro (c1763 or earlier), shortened < peso duro silver coin weighing one ounce (a1746 or earlier) < peso peso n. + duro hard (13th cent.; < classical Latin dūrus dure adj.).The form dura probably shows a typographical error. In form douro after French douro (1838; < Spanish).

Now chiefly historical.

In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a coin originally equivalent to eight reals (real n.³) and later to five pesetas; a Spanish dollar or piastre.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver > Spanish dollar

royal of plate1559

piastre1592

rial of eight1598

piece of eight1606

royal of eight1606

real of eight1612

rial1640

plate-piece of eight1680

cob1681

cross-dollar1689

duro1777

1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. xxix. 247 He suspected I wanted money,..so taking out a large parcel of gold duras [1778 duros], he offered them.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra 39 A peseta (the fifth of a duro, or dollar).

a1864 J. D. Burns in J. Hamilton Mem. & Remains J. D. Burns (1869) v. 81 The talk of the Brazilians was of Spanish duros, bales of cotton, and yellow fever.

1872 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 26 May (1911) I. 145 We gave a douro and a half (6/3).

1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 2/1 No, my daughter, a douro, that is sufficient. Another sou would be excessive.

1925 Chambers's Jrnl. June 383/2 He proposes forty douros as a fair price... A douro is equal to five francs.

1972 S. O'Dell Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo 17 Francisco held out his hand and took the nine silver duros, which were worth nine dollars.

2004 L. Graves tr. C. R. Zafón Shadow of Wind vii. 53 A thousand duros? With that you can buy a huge amount of books.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	duro
释义	duron. Brit. /ˈdʊərəʊ/, /ˈduːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈdu(ˌ)roʊ/ Forms: 1700s dura, 1700s– duro, 1800s– douro. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymology: < Spanish duro (c1763 or earlier), shortened < peso duro silver coin weighing one ounce (a1746 or earlier) < peso peso n. + duro hard (13th cent.; < classical Latin dūrus dure adj.).The form dura probably shows a typographical error. In form douro after French douro (1838; < Spanish). Now chiefly historical. In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a coin originally equivalent to eight reals (real n.³) and later to five pesetas; a Spanish dollar or piastre. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver > Spanish dollar royal of plate1559 piastre1592 rial of eight1598 piece of eight1606 royal of eight1606 real of eight1612 rial1640 plate-piece of eight1680 cob1681 cross-dollar1689 duro1777 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. xxix. 247 He suspected I wanted money,..so taking out a large parcel of gold duras [1778 duros], he offered them. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra 39 A peseta (the fifth of a duro, or dollar). a1864 J. D. Burns in J. Hamilton Mem. & Remains J. D. Burns (1869) v. 81 The talk of the Brazilians was of Spanish duros, bales of cotton, and yellow fever. 1872 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 26 May (1911) I. 145 We gave a douro and a half (6/3). 1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 2/1 No, my daughter, a douro, that is sufficient. Another sou would be excessive. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. June 383/2 He proposes forty douros as a fair price... A douro is equal to five francs. 1972 S. O'Dell Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo 17 Francisco held out his hand and took the nine silver duros, which were worth nine dollars. 2004 L. Graves tr. C. R. Zafón Shadow of Wind vii. 53 A thousand duros? With that you can buy a huge amount of books. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777
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