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Noun: coiner  koy-nu(r)
  1. A skilled worker who coins or stamps money
    "The ancient coiner carefully struck each coin by hand";
    - minter, moneyer [archaic]
     
  2. Someone who is a source of new words or new expressions
    "Shakespeare was a prolific coiner of words in the English language"
     
  3. [Brit] A maker of counterfeit coins
    "The coiner was arrested for producing fake currency"

Derived forms: coiners

Type of: author, counterfeiter, forger, generator, skilled worker, source, trained worker

Encyclopedia: Coiner, Charles