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argent

1

[ ahr-juhnt ]

noun

  1. Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
  2. Archaic.
    1. something silvery or white.
  3. Obsolete. money.


adjective

  1. like silver; silvery white.
  2. Heraldry. of the tincture or metal silver:

    a lion argent.

argent-

2
  1. variant of argento-, especially before a vowel.

argent

/ ˈɑːəԳ /

noun

    1. an archaic or poetic word for silver
    2. ( as adjective; often postpositive, esp in heraldry )

      a bend argent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of argent1

1400–50; late Middle English argentum < Latin: silver, money
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of argent1

C15: from Old French, from Latin
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Example Sentences

There is cheese by the pound, from Wisconsin or France; meat cured in house; fish like the best of Russ & Daughters: herring, salmon belly salad, anchovies slippery and argent.

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I half-expect him to leave a trail of argent, fading light in his wake, like a lightning bug.

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Lancelot, who did not care for gaudy things, wore a few heron’s hackles bound with silver thread, which suited the argent of his shield.

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My father is known for his argent hair.

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Modern heraldic writers would give the sentence as “Sable, on a bend or between two horses’ heads erased argent, three fleurs-de-lys of the first.”

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