moneyer

English

Alternative forms

monier

Etymology

From Middle English moneyour, partly from Middle English money +‎ our, and partly from Anglo-Norman monoiier, monneiere, monnier. Equivalent to money +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnɪə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌniɚ/

Noun

moneyer (plural moneyers)

(archaic) Synonym of moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest.
A minter: one who makes money, particularly (historical) the superintendent of a mint producing coinage.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 350:
  As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin dies which imitated the coins of ancient Rome from half a millennium before.

Synonyms

coiner, master of the mint, minter, mintkeeper, mintmaster, mint warden

Translations

Minter, coiner — see also Minter, coiner

French: monnayeur (fr)
German: Münzmeister
Latin: monetarius (Med. Lat.)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: myntmester

Middle English

Noun

moneyer

Alternative form of moneyour

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