shroff
[ shrof ]
/ ʃrɒf /
noun
(in India) a banker or money-changer.
(in the Far East, especially China) a native expert employed to test coins and separate the base from the genuine.
verb (used with object)
to test (coins) in order to separate the base from the genuine.
Origin of shroff
1610–20; earlier
sharoffe < Portuguese
xarrafo, probably < Gujarati
śaraf < Arabic
ṣayrāfī moneychanger
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British Dictionary definitions for shroff
shroff
/ (ʃrɒf) /
noun
(in China, Japan, etc, esp formerly) an expert employed to separate counterfeit money or base coin from the genuine
(in India) a moneychanger or banker
verb
(tr)
to test (money) and separate out the counterfeit and base
Word Origin for shroff
C17: from Portuguese
xarrafo, from Hindi
sarrāf moneychanger, from Arabic