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sous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sou \Sou\, n.; pl {Sous}or. [F. sou, OF sol, from L. solidus a gold coin, in LL., a coin of less value. See {Sold}, n., {Solid}, and and cf {Sol}, {Soldo}.] An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to and now displaced by the five-centime piece (1/20 of a franc), which is popularly called a sou. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sous \Sous\, Souse \Souse\ (F. s[=oo]; colloq. Eng. sous), n. A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.] --Colman, the Elder.
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