Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Maravedi

Maravedi , noun

[Sp. maravedí; -- so called from the Morābitīn (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Compare Marabout.]

(Numismatics) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.