doubloon

noun

dou·​bloon ˌdə-ˈblün How to pronounce doubloon (audio)
: an old gold coin of Spain and Spanish America

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The track was always full of crap; beads and doubloons and God knows what else. — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025 In the pirate’s bounty scene of the attraction amid the overflowing treasure chests and mounds of gold doubloons. — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 June 2024 But what was a pirate boss to do, upon seizing a Spanish galleon and filling his ship’s hold to the brim with jewels and silks and gold doubloons? — Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023 Treasure hunters have long been obsessed with retrieving shiny gold doubloons and dazzling jewels from shipwrecks in the Bahamas. — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for doubloon

Word History

Etymology

Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, an old Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus double — more at double

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of doubloon was in 1622

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“Doubloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doubloon. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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doubloon

noun
dou·​bloon ˌdə-ˈblün How to pronounce doubloon (audio)
: an old gold coin of Spain and Spanish America
Etymology

from Spanish doblón "doubloon"

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