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Bezant

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Noun
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bez=ant

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Bezant has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Bezantn. [See Byzant.].
  •  A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bezant, n.
1 hist. a gold or silver coin orig. minted at Byzantium.
2 Heraldry a gold roundel.

Etymology
ME f. OF besanz -ant f. L Byzantius Byzantine
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