Assientist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Assientist is a noun meaning (historical) A shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade.
Meaning
(historical) A shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade.
More Meanings
- (historical) One of the parties to the Assiento contract.
Example Sentences
as England gained the assiento , it was agreed that the agents of the assientists might enter all the ports of Spanish America
Word Forms
- assientists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confederate, topas, bossale, sertanista, slavedom, amigo.
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