Meanings
byzant1
nounbyzant (plural byzants)
plural byzants
- alternativeAlternative form of bezant.
“Gramercy! good fellow,” cried Prince John, “thou pleasest me—Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants.”
1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 155
Byzant2
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of byzant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with byzant
plantgrantantaunttransplantrantpantimplantchantgallantbrantextantscantBrabantenchantlevantsupplantvivantdescantrecantdecanttrantdisenchantArgentine ant
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APA
byzant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byzant
MLA
“byzant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byzant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “byzant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byzant.
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