argent Definition
ar·gent (är′jənt)
noun
- Archaic silver
- Obsolete silver coin; money
- Heraldry the representation of the metal silver: indicated in engravings by a plain white field
Etymology: OFr < L argentum < IE base *ar(e)g-, gleaming, whitish > Gr argos, white, argyros, silver
adjective
Old Poet. silvery
argent Usage Examples
Converse of object
charge: BADGE: A Roundel barry dancetty of six Gules and Or a Pale wavy Argent charged with two Pallets wavy Azure.
Adjective modifier
- passant: Argent a fesse sable with a lion passant argent thereon.
- wavy: SUPPORTERS: On either side a Stag Gules attired and unguled Or gorged with a Collar wavy Argent thereon a Bar wavy Azure.
- rampant: CREST: On a Wreath of the Colors a Horse rampant Argent gorged with a Mural Crown Gules.
- pale: Per pale argent and sable, two bars per pale gules and of the first, in chief three pierced cinquefoils ermine.
- chief: The arms of the heiress daughter bore a chief argent.
- gules: Checky or and azure with a fesse gules fretty argent.
Modifies a noun
- sink: Stainless Steel Sink The Argent stainless steel sink comes complete with a space saving removable drainer.
- executive: Argent chief executive, Roger Madelin says he has already received 20 approaches from potential backers all over the world.
Used with adjective complement
- erase: The arms of Bishop Joseph Hall 1627 - 1641 Sable, three Talbots ' heads erased argent.
- double: CREST: Out of a Mural Crown Or a Lion's Head Azure maned Gold collared Ermine, Mantled Gules doubled Argent.
- erect: And it all adds together to produce: Argent, on a chevron between three swords erect Gules, three quills erect Argent.
- bend: David Middleton of Chester Arms: Gules, on a bend Argent three lions rampant Sable.
- impale: They depict the See of Oxford impaling argent an eagle sable charged with a mullet argent.
Noun used with modifier
- fess: WASHINGTON ARMS Gules on a fess argent; three mullets pierced of the field.
- chevron: The fifth shield is that of Sir Thomas de Berkeley in the early 14th century, Gules semé of roses and a chevron Argent.
- saltire: The arms of the Scottish nation are Azure a saltire Argent.
- head: Crest: Out of a mural crown Gules a bear's head Argent.
- fesse: Sable a fesse argent cut off at the ends.
- wreath: Crest: on a wreath argent and or, a wolf's head erased sable holding a rose leafed and slipped proper.
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