an English silver coin worth four pennies, taken out of circulation in the 17th century
Word origin
C14: from Middle Dutch groot, from Middle Low German gros, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus thick (coin); see groschen
groat in American English
(groʊt)
noun
1.
an obsolete English silver coin worth fourpence
2.
a trifling sum
Word origin
ME grote < MDu groot or MLowG grote, lit., great, mistransl. of MHG grosse, short for ML (denarius) grossus, lit., gross (i.e., thick) (denarius): see gross