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half sovereign

half sov·er·eign
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [haf, hahf sov-rin, sov-er-in, suhv-]
    • /hæf, hɑf ˈsɒv rɪn, ˈsɒv ər ɪn, ˈsʌv-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [haf, hahf sov-rin, sov-er-in, suhv-]
    • /hæf, hɑf ˈsɒv rɪn, ˈsɒv ər ɪn, ˈsʌv-/

Definitions of half sovereign words

  • noun half sovereign a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings. 1
  • noun half sovereign a former British gold coin equal to ten shillings 0
  • noun half sovereign A former British gold coin having a value of ten shillings. 0
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Origin of half sovereign

First appearance:

before 1495
One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1495-1505

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Parts of speech for Half sovereign

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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half sovereign popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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