Etymology

cuneator

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Today it means: The superintendent of the engravers of dies for making coins. Full definition →

Old French coigneur
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromcoigneur“coiner”
  2. English todaycuneator

From cuneātor, Medieval Latin equivalent of Old French coigneur (“coiner”).

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