单词 | moneyer |
释义 | moneyern. 1. a. A money changer, a moneylender. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > coiner minterOE money-maker1297 forger1382 moneyera1400 coinerc1440 striker1449 printer1451 mintmaker1480 mintman1605 money coiner1742 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing > money changer mintereOE money-maker1297 changera1325 collybistc1380 moneyera1400 money changerc1400 nummularianc1429 wisseler1481 argenter1483 banker1484 exchanger1539 tablera1557 saraf1598 shroff1618 coin-courser1652 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14727 Þair ox, þair cu, þair scepe þai sald, And moneurs [a1400 Fairf. moneyers] þair mone tald. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 49 Jesus..turnede up so doun þe bordis of monyeris. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6811 But se what gold han usurers..Taylagiers, and these monyours. 1922 A. Quiller-Couch Studies in Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 210 Begotten of John Chaucer, citizen and vintner, upon his lawful wife Agnes, kinswoman and heiress of the city moneyer Hamo de Compton. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer Lombard1377 collybistc1380 banqueter1534 money-monger1571 scrivener1572 money man1585 money merchant1595 money broker1616 cashier1643 money-gentleman1665 money-jobber1692 moneyer1706 money-dealer1785 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Moneyers... Also Bankers that make it their Trade, to deal in Monies upon Return. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Moneyer, one that deals in money; a banker. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxvi. 242 F. B., sir, has a station in the world; F. B. moves among moneyers and City nobs. 1886 G. Whetenall Echetlus i. 38 The sword not ever drawn at the call of the merchant and moneyer, but flashing out upon the oppressor to deliver the poor. 2. A person who makes coins; an official responsible for the making of coins. Now historical.Formerly an official designation at the Mint in London (cf. mint n.1 2a). The ‘Company of Moneyers’ was abolished in 1837. ΚΠ a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 24v Erarius, monyour. 1469 in Archaeologia (1806) 15 175 The seid monyours for to be coyned. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xix. 68 To enquire of all heretiques..false moniers, extortioners [etc.]. a1605 (c1422) T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.: Stowe) l. 174 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 116 Ye cursed men, ye false moneyours. 1631 W. Bedwell Briefe Descr. Tottenham in G. Pilkington Turnament of Tottenham sig. E3v A House..sometime in the tenure and occupation of Simon Bolton, monyer. 1668 London Gaz. No. 294/4 The Provost and Company of Moneyers. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata i. 4 Coin'd by certain Florentine Moneyers. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) Assaying is more particularly used by moniers and goldsmiths. 1782 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 135 The average of weight hath been only 2 grains 153 decimals lack per lb. which was paid by the moneyers at the scale. 1815 Ann. Reg., Chron. 84 The moneyers' hall and offices also escaped with little injury. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. x. 314 The general depreciation of the coinage, caused by the dishonesty of the moneyers. 1925 W. C. Wells (title) The moneyer Geoffrey and Northampton mint. 1958 Times 11 Feb. 11/5 The hoard included coins of Edward the Elder..which were die-linked, 20 being from the same die of one moneyer. 1992 Ashmolean Spring–Summer 13/2 We can gain some impression of the relative prosperity of those towns from their ranking order as mints—the demand for the moneyers' services giving a rough indication of the importance of the town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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