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Byzant
BYZ'ANT
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byzant
byzant
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byzant (plural byzants)
- (historical) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “Gramercy! good fellow,” cried Prince John, “thou pleasest me — Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants.”
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe: