English Explanatory Dictionary

foont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of funt (“old Russian unit of weight”).
noun
  1. A sovereign (the coin).

Word forms

foont foonts

Etymology

Perhaps from French vingt (“twenty”), since a sovereign was worth 20 shillings.

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