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crusadoes

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cru⋅sa⋅do

  [kroo-sey-doh, -zah-]
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–noun, plural -does, -dos.
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
Also, cruzado.

Origin:
1535–45; < Pg cruzado crossed, marked with a cross. See cross, -ate 1
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cru·sa·do   (krōō-sä'dō)   
n.   pl. cru·sa·does also cru·za·does or cru·sa·dos also cru·za·dos
An old Portuguese coin of gold or silver having a cross pictured on the reverse.

[Portuguese, from past participle of cruzar, to mark with a cross, from cruz, cross, from Latin crux, cruc-.]
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