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ar⋅gent

[ahr-juhnt]
–noun
1. Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
2. Archaic.
a. silver.
b. something silvery or white.
3. Obsolete. money.
–adjective
4. like silver; silvery white.
5. Heraldry. of the tincture or metal silver: a lion argent.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME argentum < L: silver, money

argent-

var. of argento-, esp. before a vowel.
Also, argenti-.

argento-

a combining form meaning “silver,” used in the formation of compound words: argento-cuprous sulfide.
Also, argenti-; especially before a vowel, argent-.


Origin:
< L argent(um) + -o-
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ar·gent   (är'jənt)   
n.  
  1. Heraldry The metal silver, represented by the color white.

  2. Archaic Silver or something resembling it.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin argentum, silver; see arg- in Indo-European roots.]
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