besant — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
besant is used for these senses in English:
- roundel (heraldiccharge) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
bezant — full definition
- noun A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- noun A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.
roundel — full definition
- noun Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
- noun A roundelay or rondelay.
- noun A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- noun A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.