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Definition of "milreis" []

  • A former currency of Portugal. (noun)
  • A former currency of Brazil. (noun)

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Use "milreis" in a sentence
  • "I went to visit them, and bought a packet for half a milreis, or thirteenpence (then)."
  • "The land belongs to a Brazilian, who get three or four milreis a day out of it"
  • "I have an appartement furnished; four rooms to myself and the use of three others, and the kitchen, the servant of the house, and everything but food, for 150 milreis, or £15 a month."