bezant

Plural: bezants

Noun

• A gold or silver coin from the Byzantine Empire.
• a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
• A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
• A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.

Examples

• Playing BEZANT was like minting a new coin; it gave me a purse full of points.

Synonyms

bezzant, byzant, solidus

Related Words

argent, azure, bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée, copper, counter-ermine, counter-potent, counter-vair, d'eau, d'huile, d'olive, d'or, de larmes, de poix, de sang, ermine, ermines, erminois, fountain, golpe, gules, guze, hurt, murrey, ogress, or, orange, pean, pellet, plate, pomme, potent, purpure, sable, sanguine, syke: barry wavy argent–azure, tenné, torteau, vair, vert