Argentine
proper noun
- person from Argentina
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/ / /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/
adj
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
- Of, 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.”
name
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
- Argentina.
“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.”
- Strasbourg (city in France).
“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.”
“[…] and the Ambassadour for the Citie of Argentine was not suffered to sit in the Councell, because that Cittie had disanulled the Masse.”
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noun
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
- A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
“"Rich as an Argentine" was a phrase my Brooklyn grandfather often repeated to my bewilderment.”
- Ellipsis of Argentine tango.