gourden.

/ɡʊəd/

Etymology: < French gourde, feminine of gourd lit. ‘stupid, dull, heavy’, < Latin gurdus a dolt.

1. historical. In the former French and Spanish American colonies, a local name for the dollar (dollar n. 2). Now Obsolete or dialect.

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1786 in J. F. McDermott Mississippi Valley French (1941) 81 2000 gourdes Entre les mains de M. Sarpy à la Nouvelle Orleans.]

1846 W. G. D. Stewart Altowan I. 69 I have credit on the books for six hundred gourds.

1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xxviii. 227 Bras-Coupé..in six months was the most valuable man ever bought for gourde dollars.

1931 W. A. Read Louisiana-French 41 In South Louisiana gourde ‘gourd’, is used for ‘dollar’.

1979 A. R. Highfield French Dial. St. Thomas 268 gourd.., alternate term for ‘dollar’.

1988 Sunday Gleaning (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Jan. 3A/4 But more important, it was likely to send the value of the dollar-linked local currency, the gourde, drifting lower.

2. The principal monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centines; a note or coin worth this.

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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 177/2 Gourde, a name in Hayti for the dollar.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 825/2 The unit of money [of Haiti] is the gourde, the nominal value of which is the same as the American dollar.

1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 86 What I offered him was a lot of money in Haitan terms, and I offered it in dollars and not gourdes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	gourde
释义	gourden. /ɡʊəd/ Etymology: < French gourde, feminine of gourd lit. ‘stupid, dull, heavy’, < Latin gurdus a dolt. 1. historical. In the former French and Spanish American colonies, a local name for the dollar (dollar n. 2). Now Obsolete or dialect. ΚΠ 1786 in J. F. McDermott Mississippi Valley French (1941) 81 2000 gourdes Entre les mains de M. Sarpy à la Nouvelle Orleans.] 1846 W. G. D. Stewart Altowan I. 69 I have credit on the books for six hundred gourds. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xxviii. 227 Bras-Coupé..in six months was the most valuable man ever bought for gourde dollars. 1931 W. A. Read Louisiana-French 41 In South Louisiana gourde ‘gourd’, is used for ‘dollar’. 1979 A. R. Highfield French Dial. St. Thomas 268 gourd.., alternate term for ‘dollar’. 1988 Sunday Gleaning (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Jan. 3A/4 But more important, it was likely to send the value of the dollar-linked local currency, the gourde, drifting lower. 2. The principal monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centines; a note or coin worth this. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 177/2 Gourde, a name in Hayti for the dollar. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 825/2 The unit of money [of Haiti] is the gourde, the nominal value of which is the same as the American dollar. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 86 What I offered him was a lot of money in Haitan terms, and I offered it in dollars and not gourdes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1846
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