Found 2 items, similar to denier.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: denier
denier
n 1: a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or
rayon;
“with an evening dress one wears 10 denier
stockings”
2: any of various former European coins of different
denominations
3: one who denies
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Denier
Denier
\De*ni"er\, n.
One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or
of Christ.
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Denier
\De*nier"\, n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver
coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten
by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See
Ten,
and cf.
Denary,
Dinar.]
A small copper coin of insignificant value.
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My dukedom to a beggarly denier. --Shak.
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