Definition of "ecus" [ecus]

• Plural form of ecu. (noun)

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• "Je suis gentilhomme de bonne maison: gardez ma vie, et je vous donnerai deux cents ecus."
• "We were shown, at the house of Leonard Smith, a tailor, a most perfect looking-glass, ornamented with gold, pearl, silver, and velvet, so richly as to be estimated at five hundred ecus du soleil."
• "Panurge then, without any more ado, threw a large leathern purse stuffed with gold crowns (ecus au soleil) among them."