mintmaster
nounEtymology From mint + master.
1
Synonym of moneyer, the superintendant of a mint, particularly (historical) one responsible for coinage.
- The Mintmaster, and Goldsmith, in their Mixture of Metals, either of diuerse kindes, or diuerse values: how are they, or may they, exactly be directed, and meruailously pleasured, if Arithmetike be their guide?1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
2
Synonym of master of the mint, the national superintendant of all mints.
- Related terms
- master, master of the mint, Master of the Mint, mint, mintkeeper, mint keeper, mint master, warden of the mint, Warden of the Mint