Definitions for groat
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fourpence, groatnoun

   a former English silver coin worth four pennies

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Groatnoun

   Etymology: groot, Dutch; grosso, Italian.

   1. A piece valued at four pence.2. A proverbial name for a small sum.

   My mother was wont
   To call them woollen vassals, things created
   To buy and sell with groats. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   I dare lay a groat,
   A tertian ague is at least your lot. John Dryden, Fables.

   Imagine a person of quality prevailed on to marry a woman much his inferior, and without a groat to her fortune. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Groats.Oats that have the hulls taken off. Robert Ainsworth

2. Groatnoun

   Etymology: groot, Dutch; grosso, Italian.

   1. A piece valued at four pence.2. A proverbial name for a small sum.

   My mother was wont
   To call them woollen vassals, things created
   To buy and sell with groats. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   I dare lay a groat,
   A tertian ague is at least your lot. John Dryden, Fables.

   Imagine a person of quality prevailed on to marry a woman much his inferior, and without a groat to her fortune. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Groats.Oats that have the hulls taken off. Robert Ainsworth

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Groatnoun

   an old English silver coin, equal to four pence

2. Groatnoun

   any small sum of money

3. Etymology: [LG. grte, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See Great.]

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1. Groat

   The groat or fuppence is the traditional name of a long-defunct English silver coin worth four English pence, and also a Scottish coin originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpence and one shilling.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Groat

   grawt, or grōt, n. an English silver coin, worth fourpence—only coined after 1662 as Maundy money—the silver fourpenny-piece, coined from 1836-56, was not called a groat: a very small sum, proverbially. [Old Low Ger. grote, a coin of Bremen—orig. grote sware, 'great pennies,' as compared with the smaller copper coins, five to the groat.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GROAT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Groat is ranked #14794 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Groat surname appeared 2,006 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Groat.
   
   94.4% or 1,894 total occurrences were White.
   1.5% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 28 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.3% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 13 total occurrences were Black.

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1. • Coin

Anagrams for groat »

1. gator

2. gotra

3. argot

How to pronounce groat?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of groat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of groat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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