Meaning of DENIER
| Pronunciation: | | du'neer
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- [n] one who denies
- [n] any of various former European coins of different denominations
- [n] a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon; "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\De*ni"er\, n.
One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or
of Christ.
\De*nier"\, n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver
coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten
by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See {Ten},
and cf. {Denary}, {Dinar}.]
A small copper coin of insignificant value.
My dukedom to a beggarly denier. --Shak.
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