Groat

//ɡɹoʊt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats. countable, in-plural, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. archaic, historical

    "The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, And ſcarſe a houſe to hide her head, Sometimes no penny to buy her bread, Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat:"

  3. 3
    a former English silver coin worth four pennies wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.; Any unit of currency worth four pence. archaic, historical
  5. 5
    Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.; A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins. archaic, historical

    "The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make a miracle of thus much coin …"

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  1. 6
    A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

* As a Scottish surname, nickname from Old Norse grautr (“porridge”). Compare Grout. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Grote. * As a German, Dutch and Danish surname, variant of Groth, Groot, Grott, and Grad.

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