Argent

/ˈɑːdʒənt/ · noun

Meaning

(archaic) The metal silver..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) The metal silver.
2. (heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
3. (archaic or poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
4. A moth of the genus Argyresthia.
5. Of silver or silver-coloured.
6. (heraldry) Of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Example Sentences

The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".

In the chief (top) of the arms are three wheels argent symbolising railway locomotives and rolling stock; […] The crest consists of a demi-lion rampant gules (red) holding between its paws a wheel argent similar to those included in the arms.

The polish'd argent of her breast.

Or ask of yonder argent fields above, / Why Jove's Satellites are leſs than Jove?

... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain.

The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].

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• argents
• arg.
• a.

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