name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coiner
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Book 4, Chapter 6, pp. 139-40, The dangers to which a false coiner is every where exposed, if he lives in the country of which he counterfeits the coin, and to which his agents or correspondents are exposed if he lives in a foreign country, are by far too great to be incurred for the sake of a profit of six or seven per cent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: minter, moneyer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who invents words or phrases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1651, John Ellistone (translator), Signatura Rerum by Jakob Böhme (1621), London: Gyles Calvert, Postscript, “The Translators Exposition of the word, Sude,” p. 207, These are some unusual Words, which I have used in the rendering this Book into English; not that I would make it a Strange-Lation, or be a Coyner of new words to amuse the mind only, but to express as well, and as fitly as I could, the Authors Intent and scope [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neologist
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
A person who invests in or advocates for cryptocurrencies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cryptobro
Antonyms: nocoiner
noun
Meaning 6
a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: minter, moneyer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
noun
Meaning 7
someone who is a source of new words or new expressions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: generator, source, author
noun
Meaning 8
a maker of counterfeit coins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: forger, counterfeiter
History
Etymology
From Middle English coynour, from Middle French coigneur; equivalent to coin + -er (agent noun suffix). In the cryptocurrency sense, coin + -er (“supporter”).