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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Argent \Ar"gent\, n. [F. argent, fr L. argentum silver; akin to Gr 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, white, bright, Skr. 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.) Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. --Tennyson. 3. (Her.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Argent \Ar"gent\, a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: argent adj : lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair [syn: {silver}, {silvery}, {silverish}] n : a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance
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