Meanings
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noun
a gold coin first minted in medieval Florence, or any of several European coins modeled on it
The merchant demanded payment of fifty florins for the shipment.
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2
noun
a former British and Irish coin worth two shillings
Her grandfather kept a silver florin dated 1921 in a small wooden box.
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3
noun
the basic monetary unit of Aruba, divided into one hundred cents
The museum charged an admission fee of ten Aruban florins.
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noun
a historical English name for the guilder of the Netherlands and some former Dutch territories
The account book valued the cargo at twelve thousand Dutch florins.
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Etymology
From Old French florin, from Italian fiorino, literally "little flower," from fiore ("flower"). The original thirteenth-century Florentine gold coin bore the city's lily emblem; its prestige spread the name to many later European coins and currencies.