pitt diamond

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pitt diamond - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pitt diamond \Pitt diamond\, n.
     See regent diamond.
     [1913 Webster]

  Regent diamond \Re"gent di"a*mond\
     A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137
     carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so
     called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it
     was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras
     (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an
     Indian merchant in 1701.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]