angelot

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noun

A French gold coin from the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael

OriginFrench angelot →
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Meanings

nounangelot (plural angelots)

plural angelots

  1. obsoleteA French gold coin from the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael
  2. obsoletea coin minted in Paris by the English, during the reign of Henry VI.
  3. obsoleteA sort of small, rich cheese made in Normandy, especially Pont-l'Évêque cheese but formerly applied to other cheeses.
  4. obsoleteentertainmentAn old musical instrument similar to the lute.

    Much as you study arras how to twirl / His Angelot, plaything of page and girl, / Once; […]

    1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Second”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66

Origin

  1. Frenchangelot“small angel”
  2. Englishangelot

Borrowed from French angelot (“small angel”).

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APA

angelot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelot

MLA

“angelot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angelot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelot.

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