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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOURNOIS

Tour `nois ", n. Etym: [F., belonging to Tours in France. ]

Defn: A former French money of account worth 2 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tournois

tournois |ˈtʊənwɑː, French tuʀnwa | ▶adjective [ postpositive ] historical denoting a coin struck at Tours, which was one-fifth less in value than one coined at Paris. ORIGIN French.

Oxford Dictionary

tournois

tournois |ˈtʊənwɑː, French tuʀnwa | ▶adjective [ postpositive ] historical denoting a coin struck at Tours, which was one-fifth less in value than one coined at Paris. ORIGIN French.