| 单词 | florin |
| 释义 | florin /flawr"in, flor"-/, n. 1. a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin. 2. the guilder of the Netherlands. 3. a former gold coin of Florence, first issued in 1252 and widely imitated. 4. a former gold coin of England, first issued under Edward III. 5. a former gold coin of Austria, first issued in the middle of the 14th century. [1275-1325; ME < MF < OIt fiorino Florentine coin stamped with a lily, deriv. of fiore flower < L florem, acc. of flos FLOWER] |
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