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coiner

noun

Etymology

From Middle English coynour, from Middle French coigneur; equivalent to coin + -er (agent noun suffix). In the cryptocurrency sense, coin + -er (“supporter”).

  1. derived from coigneur
  2. inherited from coynour

Definitions

  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.
    • […] that most venerable man which I Did call my father, was I know not where When I was stamp’d; some coiner with his tools Made me a counterfeit […]
    • The figures and letters were so mingled together, that one would think the Coiner was hard put to it on what part of the money to bestow the several words of his inscription.

  2. A person who invents words or phrases.

    • This is likewise a Libel upon the memory of Mr. Dryden whom he pretends to admire; for never any one was a greater Coiner than he, and it is directly contrary to the Improvement of Languages […]
    • It was not, however, among the verbs and adjectives that the American word-coiners of the first half of the century achieved their gaudiest innovations, but among the substantives.

  3. A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.).

    • […] the inuenter & coyner of al these michiefes, & seruante & bondslaue of al bawdie luste, fylthie concupiscence, and all detestable sinne and vice.
    • The truth is, men in generall hate lying, both the coyner of it, and the teller of it […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A person who invests in or advocates for cryptocurrencies.

    2. A surname.

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Derived

nocoiner

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA