crockard

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noun

A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

OriginMiddle English crocard ← Anglo-Norman crocard ← Old French crokard →
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Meanings

crockard1

nouncrockard (plural crockards)

plural crockards · alternative crokard · alternative crocard · alternative crocarde

  1. historicalhobbiesA 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

Crockard2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcrok“a crock, a potsherd”
  2. Old Frenchcrokard
  3. Anglo-Normancrocard
  4. Middle Englishcrocard
  5. Englishcrockard

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include: * that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard. * that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”). * that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

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

Chicago

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

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