albus

noun

al·​bus

ˈal-bəs

plural albuses

: a coin of Germany and the Low Countries of the 13th and 14th centuries that was originally of a silver-copper alloy compare blanc

Word History

Etymology

German, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, white

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

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