dictionary definitions for "florin"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  florin
      n 1: the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
           [syn: guilder, gulden]
      2: formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal
         to 100 cents [syn: guilder, gulden, Dutch florin]

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

  Florin \Flor"in\, n. [F. florin, It. florino, orig., a
     Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr.
     L. flos. See Flower, and cf. Floren.]
     A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth
     century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to
     different coins in different countries. The florin of
     England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or
     about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40
     cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. Golden.]
     A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also
     florin and gulden.
     [1913 Webster]


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