minter

noun

mint·​er

ˈmintə(r)

plural -s

: one that mints money

pioneer gold coins of private minters

—Roy Hill

if a minter be convicted of striking bad money

—F. M. Stenton

Word History

Etymology

Middle English mynter, from Old English mynetere; akin to Middle Dutch munter minter, Middle High German münzære; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Late Latin monetarius minter, from Latin moneta mint, coin + -arius -ary

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Rhymes for minter

• printer
• sinter
• splinter
• sprinter
• winter
• midwinter
• reenter
• overwinter
• teleprinter