doubloon

3 definitions found

doubloon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

doubloon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  doubloon
      n 1: a former Spanish gold coin

doubloon - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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