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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of numerous silver coins that served as a unit of currency in certain Germanic countries between the 15th and 19th centuries.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A talker; a teller.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Germanic unit of currency used between the 15th and 19th centuries.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German; see dollar.]

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From German Taler, (older) Thaler.

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