argentine

comparative more argentine · superlative most argentine

1. Containing or resembling silver.

   Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine

   c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

   Synonyms: silvern

plural argentines

1. countableuncountableAny osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
2. countableuncountablechemistryA siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
3. countableuncountableWhite metal coated with silver.

1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

   Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.

   2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian

plural Argentines

1. A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.

   "Rich as an Argentine" was a phrase my Brooklyn grandfather often repeated to my bewilderment.

   2006 June 11, Jonathan Kandell, “Buenos Aires Beef, on Hoof and on Plates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian

2. abbreviationellipsisdanceEllipsis of Argentine tango.

1. archaicwith definite articleArgentina.

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   Returning to California he then went to work for the P. G. & E. Company as storekeeper in San Jose and remained with the concern until 1904, which year he started on a trip that occupied his time for over one year and took him to the important centers of Europe and throughout South America, where he visited an uncle in the Argentine.

   1922, Eugene T. Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County California, Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, page 379

2. obsoleteStrasbourg (city in France).

   […] and the Ambassadour for the Citie of Argentine was not suffered to sit in the Councell, because that Cittie had disanulled the Masse.

   1624, Patrick Symson, The Historie of the Church Since the Dayes of Our Saviour Iesus Christ untill this present Age […], page 178

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   The first inuenter thereof (as most agree) is thought to be a Germaine, dwellyng first in Argentine, afterward Citizen of Mentz, named John Faustus, a goldsmith.

   1610 October, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable, Happening in the Church, with an Vniuersall Historie of the Same. […], 6th edition, volume I, London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for the Company of Stationers, →OCLC, book VI, page 650, column 1

   […] they deemed no remedy more commodious, effectuall, and opportune, than if his Holines, by the Emperours consent, would call a godly, free, and Christian Councell, so soone as it were possible, in some conuenient place in Germanie; that is, in Argentine, in Mentz, Collen, or Metz, […]

   1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 61, page 27

3. A current place name:
   1. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
   2. A township and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.
   3. A township in Fall River County, South Dakota.
   4. A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.