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groat

noun
/ɡɹoʊt/US/ɡɹəʊt/UK/ɡɹɔːt/

Etymology

* 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.

  1. inherited from *grutą✻
  2. inherited from *grot✻
  3. inherited from grot
  4. inherited from grot

Definitions

  1. Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.

  2. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.

    • 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. A proverbial small sum

    A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

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