benjamin

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/

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• Hyphenation: ben‧ja‧min

From benzoin, modified by folk etymology to match the name Benjamin.

benjamin (countable and uncountable, plural benjamins)

1. A balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin.
2. A type of tree which produces benzoin or has similar properties; specifically, Styrax benzoin, Lindera benzoin a Benjamin bush.

• Benjamin tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

benjamin (plural benjamins)

1. (UK, slang, dated) A kind of upper coat for men.
   • 1826, The Atheneum, volume 18, page 236:

     something which is not long enough to constitute a benjamin, and too long for a dress coat or spencer

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     How the young man from Cambridge sulkily put his five great-coats in front; but was reconciled when little Miss Sharp was made to quit the carriage, and mount up beside him—when he covered her up in one of his Benjamins, and became perfectly good-humoured—

From the image of Benjamin Franklin on the US $100 bill.

benjamin (plural benjamins)

1. (US, slang) Alternative form of Benjamin: a US $100 bill.

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̃.ʒa.mɛ̃/

From the biblical character Benjamin.

benjamin m (plural benjamins, feminine benjamine)

1. youngest child (in a family)
2. child loved disproportionally more by the parents in a family
3. (sports) One of the age classes for children; varies by sport

After French Scrabble player Benjamin Hannuna.

benjamin m (plural benjamins)

1. (Scrabble) a three-letter addition to the beginning of a word that creates another valid word, especially one that reaches a "triple word score" square

• “benjamin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French benjamin.

benjamin m (plural benjamini)

1. youngest child (in a family)