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Moidore

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moi⋅dore

  [moi-dawr, -dohr]
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–noun
a former gold coin of Portugal and Brazil.
Origin:
1695–1705; < Pg moeda de ouro coin of gold < L monēta dē aurō. See money, de, or 3
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moi·dore   (moi'dôr', -dōr', moi-dôr', -dōr')   
n.  A former Portuguese or Brazilian gold coin that was also current in England in the early 18th century.

[Alteration of Portuguese moeda d'ouro : moeda (from Latin monēta, coin; see money) + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + ouro, gold (from Latin aurum).]
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