Minter

//ˈmɪntɚ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who mints, particularly a moneyer producing coinage.
  2. 2
    a skilled worker who coins or stamps money wordnet
  3. 3
    An item in mint condition (especially a motor car) British, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mynter, from Old English mynetere, from Proto-West Germanic *munitārī, from Latin monētārius; equivalent to mint + -er. Doublet of monetary.

Etymology 2

English occupational surname, from the noun minter. Parallels are found in German and Dutch as Munter.

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