florin

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A guilder.
2. n. A British coin worth two shillings.
3. n. A gold coin first issued at Florence, Italy, in 1252.
4. n. Any of several gold coins similar to the Florentine florin, formerly used in Europe.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The English name of a gold coin weighing about 55 grains, first issued at Florence in 1252, and having on the obverse a lily and tbe word “Florentia.” The coin enjoyed great commercial popularity, and was largely imitated in France, Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, and elsewhere.
2. n. An English gold coin issued by Edward III. in 1343-4, and worth at the time 6 shillings. On the obverse it bore a leopard crowned.
3. n. An English silver coin worth 2 shillings, being the tenth part of a pound, current since 1849.
4. n. The silver gulden of Austria and formerly of South Germany, and the guilder of the Netherlands, worth a little less than the English florin. See gulden and guilder.
5. n. Abbreviated fl.
6. n. A Polish silver coin of the value of about 12 United States cents.

Wiktionary

1. n. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
2. n. A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
3. n. A guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands).
4. n. Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy.
5. n. A pre-decimal Australian coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
2. n. formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents