another name for Argentina
a native or inhabitant of Argentina
1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin argentīnus silvery. See argent, -ine 1
1530–40; < New Latin Argentina genus name, Latin, feminine of argentīnus silvery. See argentine 1
First recorded in 1825–30, and in 1890–95 Argentine for def. 2; see origin at Argentina ( def. )
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Who hammered you, wrought you, From argentine vapour?—
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
Such footing were too fine For feet less argentine Than Dian's own or thine, Queen whom my tides obey.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
Becalmed, the island lay steeped in floods of ethereal silver, its sky an iridescent dome, its sea a shimmering shield of opalescence, its lawns and terraces argentine shadowed with deepest violet.
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.
We went forth quite argentine as to our understandings, like knights in armour clad, and, thus glistening, I contrived to win that cup for the third and final time, which made it my own.
From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.
The princess stood waiting me, in a robe embroidered with argentine rings and discs, rectangles and lozenges, close together—a silver mail.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
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