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Coiner
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
"But canst thou excuse thy selfe of vice in that thou art not couetous? certeinly no more then the murtherer would therefore be guiltlesse bicause he is no coyner."
- 2 a skilled worker who coins or stamps money wordnet
- 3 A person who invents words or phrases.
"1651, John Ellistone (translator), Signatura Rerum by Jakob Böhme (1621), London: Gyles Calvert, Postscript, “The Translators Exposition of the word, Sude,” p. 207, These are some unusual Words, which I have used in the rendering this Book into English; not that I would make it a Strange-Lation, or be a Coyner of new words to amuse the mind only, but to express as well, and as fitly as I could, the Authors Intent and scope […]"
- 4 someone who is a source of new words or new expressions wordnet
- 5 A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.). obsolete
"[…] the inuenter & coyner of al these michiefes, & seruante & bondslaue of al bawdie luste, fylthie concupiscence, and all detestable sinne and vice."
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- 6 a maker of counterfeit coins wordnet
- 7 A person who invests in or advocates for cryptocurrencies.
Etymology
From Middle English coynour, from Middle French coigneur; equivalent to coin + -er (agent noun suffix). In the cryptocurrency sense, coin + -er (“supporter”).
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