📚 noun • entry_id 40147
bezant
/ˈbɛzənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
besante
A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
besante
A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.
One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].