argent
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- noun
- /ˈɑr.dʒənt/
- Specialized
:
argénteo
- In heraldry, argent represents purity and peace, often depicted as silver.
- argent and sable
- chief herald: argent
Examples
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Argent on a chevron sable.
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Again, 'Purpure, a wolf argent' would
Blog text (16) -
As the light grew, nacreous tints of milky blue and rose flushed the argent pallor of the land, and when the yellow disk rolled up over the horizon's edge.
Blog text (22) -
He looked her up one evening in Keats, and there she was - teeth, eyelashes, freckles, streaks and bars, sapphires, greens, amethyst, and rubious-argent.
Fiction book (1995) -
The family crest features a shield with an argent background and a golden eagle.
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The knight wore a tabard that was argent, signifying his noble lineage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Argent comes from the Latin argentum, meaning 'silver', and it became the word for the silver or white metal color used on shields. So in coats of arms argent names the silver or white color and often stands for peace and honesty.