ARGENTS

Noun

argents

plural of argent

Anagrams

• Sargent, Stagner, Stanger, Strange, garnets, gerants, rangest, strange

Source: Wiktionary


ARGENT

Ar"gent, n. Etym: [F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See Argue.]

1. Silver, or money. [Archaic]

2. (Fig. & Poet.)

Definition: Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson.

3. (Her.)

Definition: The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale.

Ar"gent, a.

Definition: Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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