noun
Meaning 1
A piece of armor which covers the elbow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
couter
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈku.tə/
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US: /ˈku.tɚ/
noun
Meaning 2
A sovereign (the coin).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English couter, said to be from an Anglo-French variant couter, cuter of continental French coudière, from coute (“elbow”).
Perhaps from "Danubian-Gipsy cuta, gold coin", compare Romani kotor (“piece, fragment”), reportedly used for a guinea.