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Definition of doubloon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

doubloon

noun
 
/dəˈbluːn/
 
/dəˈbluːn/
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  1. (in the past) a Spanish gold coin
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French doublon or its source, Spanish doblón, from doble ‘double’ (so named because the coin was worth double the value of another coin).
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