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Definition: Pitt diamond
Pitt diamond
\Pitt diamond\, n.
See
regent diamond.
[1913 Webster]
Regent diamond
\Re“gent di”a*mond\
A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137
carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so
called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it
was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras
(whence also called the
Pitt diamond), who bought it of an
Indian merchant in 1701.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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