bezant en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɛzənt/
Etymology
From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).
Meanings
- A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
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A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.
One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].
1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bezant | alternative | lexicographic | |
| basant | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bezants | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bezaunt | alternative | lexicographic | |
| byzant | alternative | lexicographic | |
| besant | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (19)
enm besaunt (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · sv bysantin (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · sv besant (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · es besante (coin minted at Byzantium) · es besante (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · enm besaunt (coin minted at Byzantium) · fro bezant (coin minted at Byzantium) · ca besant (coin minted at Byzantium) · fr besant d'or (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · pt besante (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · pl bizant (coin minted at Byzantium) · pl bizant (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · ca besant (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · cs bezant (coin minted at Byzantium) · pt besante (coin minted at Byzantium) · hy բիզանտ (coin minted at Byzantium) · fr besant (coin minted at Byzantium) · pt arruela (heraldic representation of a gold coin) · hy բյուզանդ (coin minted at Byzantium)