| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| kreuzer |
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| SYLLABICATION: | kreu·zer |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kroit s r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or kreut·zer |
| NOUN: | Any of several small coins of low value formerly used in Austria and Germany. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German, from Middle High German kriuzer, from kriuze, cross (from their having originally been stamped with a cross), from Old High German kr zi, from Latin crux, cruc-.
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