Groat

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ɡɹoÊŠt/
• RP IPA: /ɡɹəʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt

From Middle English grotes (pl.), from Old English grotan, plural of grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutÄ…. More at grit.

Full definition of groat

Noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) hulled grain

Related terms

• grit, grits
• grout, grouts
• gruel
• meal
• semolina

Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois ("a coin of Tours"), from Medieval Latin denarius ("coin") grossus ("large"). Related to German Groschen

Noun

1. (archaic) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
2. An historic English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.

Anagrams

• argot, gator, gotra