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MEDICI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Medici mean?
• MEDICI (noun)
The noun MEDICI has 1 sense:
1. aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
Familiarity information: MEDICI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Medici" is a kind of...):
house (aristocratic family line)
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