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Denier

De-nī'er, n.

noun

n. One who denies, contradicts, refuses, or disowns; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.

De-nīer', n.

noun

(de-neer'), n. [Fr. denier, Pr. denier, dinier, dener, It. denaro, denajo, danaro, danajo, Sp. dinero, Pg. dinheiro, from Lat. denarius, a Roman silver coin of ten asses, in later times a copper coin, and by metonymy for money in general, whence It. denaro, danaro, Sp. dinero, Pg. dinheiro, Pr. denier, pl., and Fr. deniers, pl., money.] A small denomination of French money, the twelfth part of a sou; a small copper coin of insignificant value. “My kingdom to a beggarly denier.” Shak.