Johannes
[dʒəʊ'hænɪs]
Definition
(n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.
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Definition
n. an old Portuguese gold coin.—Also Joann′es.
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Examples
- Johannes said, It hardly seems like Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And the names that be upon their tombs, even unto this time, are Johannes Smithianus, Trumps, Gift, High, and Low, Jack, and The Game. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the 1876 exhibition at Philadelphia, a piano was displayed which had been made by Johannes Christian Schreiber of Germany in 1741. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When they awoke, one of them, Johannes--surnamed Smithianus--said, We are naked. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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