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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

/ ˈɑːdʒənt /

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of argent1

1400–50; late Middle English argentum < Latin: silver, money
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Word 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.

From Salon

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

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.

My father is known for his argent hair.

From Salon

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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