/dan"dee prat'/ , n.
1. a silver coin of 16th-century England, equal to about twopence.
2. Archaic.
a. a diminutive person; a dwarf, pygmy, or midget.
b. a person of small or childish mind; a silly, finicky, or puerile person.
c. a child.
[ 1510-20; orig. uncert. ]