Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon;
- Example: "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings"2.
any of various former European coins of different denominations;
3.
one who denies;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Denier \De*ni"er\, n.
One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or
of Christ.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Denier \De*nier"\, n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver
coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten
by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten,
and cf. Denary, Dinar.]
A small copper coin of insignificant value.
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My dukedom to a beggarly denier. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
denier
n 1: a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or
rayon; "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier
stockings"
2: any of various former European coins of different
denominations
3: one who denies