Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gold coin struck in Spain by the Moorish dynasty of Almoravides in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It weighed about 60 grains. -2. In later times, the smallest denomination of Spanish money, varying in value from a little less to a little more than half an English farthing or quarter of a United States cent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
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- noun historical A former
Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued ingold but later insilver andcopper , discontinued in 1848.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The maravedi was the equivalent of about one-third of a cent.
South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890
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[24] The maravedi was a money of account; thirty-four made a real (see
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I could not prevail on them to accept one stiver, doit, or maravedi, for the trouble and expenses of my sick bed.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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Duc de Soria, your predecessor would neither cost you a regret nor rob you of a maravedi.
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One I remember especially — one who never eased me personally of a single maravedi — one than whom I never met a bandit more gallant, courteous, and amiable.
Roundabout Papers 2006
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As he passed along he would every now and then draw a maravedi out of his pocket and bestow it on a beggar, with an air of signal beneficence.
Washington Irving 2004
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As he passed along he would every now and then draw a maravedi out of his pocket and bestow it on a beggar, with an air of signal beneficence.
The Alhambra 2002
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His family has inhabited the fortress ever since the time of the conquest, handing down an hereditary poverty from father to son; not one of them having ever been known to be worth a maravedi.
The Alhambra 2002
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As he passed along he would every now and then draw a maravedi out of his pocket and bestow it on a beggar, with an air of signal beneficence.
The Alhambra 2002
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Andres paid to the last maravedi, despite and in the teeth of all the clowns in the world.
Don Quixote 2002
chained_bear commented on the word maravedi
"'...at this point no bank in those parts could without long notice raise so much—let alone advance a single maravedi on such security.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 21
March 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word maravedi
...pretty fellows, with vanity in their hearts, tinsel on their backs, and not a maravedi in their pockets...
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 5 ch. 1
September 19, 2008