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Webster 1913 Edition

Bezant

Be-zant′

,
Noun.
[See
Byzant
.]
1.
A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants.
[Written also
besant
,
byzant
, etc.]
2.
(Her.)
A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.
Burke.
3.
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bezant

BEZ'ANT

,
Noun.
A gold coin of Byzantium. [See Byzant.]

Definition 2024

bezant

bezant

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bezant ‎(plural bezants)

  1. (historical) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
  2. (heraldry) The heraldic representation of a gold coin.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

bezant m ‎(plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)

  1. bezant (coin)
  2. (heraldry) bezant

French

Pronunciation

Noun

bezant m ‎(plural bezants)

  1. bezant (coin)

Old French

Noun

bezant m ‎(oblique plural bezanz or bezantz, nominative singular bezanz or bezantz, nominative plural bezant)

  1. bezant (coin)

Etymology

From Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius ‎(“of Byzantium”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛzənt/

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