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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade..
as England gained the assiento , it was agreed that the agents of the assientists might enter all the ports of Spanish America
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Assientist means (historical) A shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade..
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as England gained the assiento , it was agreed that the agents of the assientists might enter all the ports of Spanish America
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