Doubloon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doubloon \Doub*loon"\, n. [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See {Double},
     a., and cf. {Dupion}.]
     A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at
     different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See
     {Doblon} in Sup.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doubloon
       n : a former Spanish gold coin

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "doubloon":
     coin, crown, double eagle, ducat, eagle, five-dollar gold piece,
     gold piece, guinea, half crown, half eagle, hard money, moidore,
     napoleon, piece, piece of money, piece of silver, pound sovereign,
     roll of coins, rouleau, sovereign, specie, ten-dollar gold piece,
     twenty-dollar gold piece