old bullion

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   United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)

   SynonymsBentonThomas Hart Benton

   Broaderlegislator

Questions about old bullion

What does old bullion mean?

old bullion means "United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)".

What is another word for old bullion?

Close synonyms include Benton, Thomas Hart Benton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old bullion a common word?

old bullion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.