bezant
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English
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Etymology
From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant (plural bezants)
- (history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- Synonym: solidus
- (heraldry) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.
- 1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:
- 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; [...].
Derived terms
Translations
coin minted at Byzantium
heraldic representation of a gold coin
See also
metals | main colours | less common colours | ||||||||
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tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
depiction | ||||||||||
roundel (in parentheses: semé): | bezant (bezanty) |
plate (platy) |
torteau (tortelly) |
hurt (hurty) |
pellet (pellety), ogress |
pomme |
golpe (golpy) |
orange (semé of oranges) |
guze (semé of guzes) | |
goutte (noun) / gutty (adj) thereof: | (goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold) |
d'eau (of water) |
de sang (of blood) |
de larmes (of tears) |
de poix (of pitch) |
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil) |
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special roundel | furs | additional, uncommon tinctures: | ||||||||
tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
depiction |
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bezant m (plural bezants)
- bezant (coin)
Further reading
- “bezant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
bezant oblique singular, m (oblique plural bezanz or bezantz, nominative singular bezanz or bezantz, nominative plural bezant)
- bezant (coin)
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