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kreutzer

1

[ kroit-ser ]

noun

  1. any of various former minor coins issued by German states.
  2. a former copper coin of Austria, one 100th of a florin.


Kreutzer

2

[ kroit-ser; French krœ-tser ]

noun

  1. Ro·dolphe [r, aw-, dawlf], 1766–1831, French violinist.

kreutzer

/ ˈkrɔɪtsə /

noun

  1. any of various former copper and silver coins of Germany or Austria


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kreutzer1

First recorded in 1540–50; from German Kreuzer, equivalent to Kreuz “cross” (originally the device on the coin; cross ) + -er noun suffix ( -er 1 )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kreutzer1

C16: from German Kreuzer, from Kreuz cross, from Latin crux; referring to the cross originally stamped upon such coins

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Example Sentences

Swanda was not the man to quit the inn so long as he had a kreutzer in his pocket, and on that day he had many of them.

He rummaged his pockets and turned his hat inside out, but all in vain; there was not even a kreutzer!

Uncle Christian knew exactly how I was situated, and yet had never sent me a kreutzer.

My health is ruined, my clothes spoilt, and not a kreutzer do I get.'

The director de facto is Plantade; Kreutzer leading player of the first violin, and Baillot of the second.

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