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mintmaster

noun

Etymology

From mint + master.

  1. derived from maistre
  2. derived from *méǵh₂s✻
  3. derived from magester
  4. derived from magister — “chief, teacher, leader”
  5. inherited from mǣster
  6. inherited from maister
  7. compounded as mintmaster — “mint + master”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of moneyer, the superintendant of a mint, particularly (historical) one…

    Synonym of moneyer, the superintendant of a mint, particularly (historical) one responsible for coinage.

    • The Mintmaster, and Goldsmith, in their Mixture of Metals, either of diuerse kindes, or diuerse values: how are they, or may they, exactly be directed, and meruailously pleasured, if Arithmetike be their guide?

  2. Synonym of master of the mint, the national superintendant of all mints.

  3. Synonym of neologist, a person who coins new words or expressions.

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