-rix

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A suffix appended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female agent nouns
rix-baron
A baron of the German Empire.The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)

Thou knowest him well, The proud Rix-baron.

rix-dollar
A silver coin and money of account in use from the late-16th to the mid-19th centuries in the European Teutonic countries and their imperial trading networks.The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)

At all other times they would receive the regular salary of thirty rix-dollars monthly.

rix-dollar
A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon.The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)

The Dutch monetary system of a rix-dollar or rijksdaalder of 48 stuiver was continued by the British in the early nineteenth century.

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