Meanings
plural moneyers · alternative monier
- A minter: one who makes money, particularly (historical) the superintendent of a mint producing coinage.
As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin dies which imitated the coins of ancient Rome from half a millennium before.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 350 - archaicSynonym of moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest.
Synonyms: moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna skilled worker who coins or stamps money
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Anglo-Normanmonoiier
- Middle Englishmoneyour
- Englishmoneyer
From Middle English moneyour, partly from Middle English moneye + -our, and partly from Anglo-Norman monoiier, monneiere, monnier. Equivalent to money + -er.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan encunyador
- encunyadorone who makes money
Czech mincovník
- mincovníkone who makes money
French monnayeur, frappeur
- monnayeurone who makes money
- frappeurone who makes money
German Münzmeister
- Münzmeisterone who makes money
Italian coniatore
- coniatoreone who makes money
Latin monetarius (Med. Lat.)
- monetarius (Med. Lat.)one who makes money
Norwegian Bokmål myntmester
- myntmesterone who makes money
Portuguese cunhador
- cunhadorone who makes money
Spanish acuñador
- acuñadorone who makes money
Turkish sikkeci, sikkezen
- sikkecione who makes money
- sikkezenone who makes money
- sikkedarone who makes money
Cite this entry
moneyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneyer
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