DOUBLE EAGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double eagle mean? 

• DOUBLE EAGLE (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE EAGLE has 2 senses:

1. (golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole

2. a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE EAGLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE EAGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("double eagle" is a kind of...):

score (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("double eagle" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

 Context examples 

“It is even as I feared. That is the double eagle of Du Guesclin.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)