coiner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who makes counterfeit coins

   The false coiner was arrested after passing newly made silver pieces.

2. 2
   noun

   a worker or official who makes or strikes legitimate coins

   The coiner checked each die before the mint began production.

3. 3
   noun

   a person who invents a new word, phrase, or expression

   The journalist was a prolific coiner of memorable political phrases.

From Middle English coynour and Middle French coigneur, later understood as coin + the agent suffix -er. The language sense extends the act of stamping money to creating and putting a new expression into circulation.

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