
Define the word Xeriff"Xeriff" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Xeriff \Xer"iff\ (z[e^]r"[i^]f), n. [See Shereef.]
A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the
value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30 (ca. 1900); -- also,
in Morocco, a ducat.
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