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Webster 1913 Edition

groat

groat

(gra̤t or grōt)

,

Noun.

[LG.

grōte

, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See

.]

1.

An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.

2.

Any small sum of money.

Webster 1828 Edition

Groat

GROAT

,

Noun.

grawt.

1.

An English money of account, equal to four pence.

2.

A proverbial name for a small sum.

Definition 2024

groat

groat

English

Noun

groat ‎(plural groats)

(chiefly in the plural) hulled grain

Derived terms

Embden groats

Related terms

Translations

hulled grain

Armenian: ձավար (hy) ‎(javar), կորկոտ (hy) ‎(korkot)
Bulgarian: булгур (bg) m ‎(bulgur)
Danish: gryn n
Dutch: gort (nl) m
Estonian: kruup
Finnish: suurimo (fi), ryyni (fi)
German: Graupe (de) f

Latvian: putraimi pl
Polish: krupa (pl) f
Russian: крупа́ (ru) f ‎(krupá)
Spanish: granos (es) m pl
Swedish: gryn (sv) n

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois ‎(“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius ‎(“coin”) grossus ‎(“large”). Related to German Groschen

Noun

groat ‎(plural groats)

(archaic or historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
An historic English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.

See also

Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

argot, gator, gotra