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Besant
Besant Be*sant", n. See Bezant.
besant
Bezant Be*zant", n. [See Byzant.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

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- Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist...
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