Dictionary entry

Byzant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Byz″ant (�), Byz″an‐tine (–ăn″tīn) n. } [OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.