Minter
/ˈmɪntɚ/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who mints, particularly a moneyer producing coinage.
- 2 a skilled worker who coins or stamps money wordnet
- 3 An item in mint condition (especially a motor car) British, slang
Proper Noun
- 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.