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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Argentine

/(?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?)/ · Ar·gen·tine · IPA /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/
01 a. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
    “Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
02 n. A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
  1. 1.
    A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.(Min.)
  2. 2.
    White metal coated with silver.
  3. 3.
    A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.(Zool.)
  4. 4.
    A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.
  5. 5.
    Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the. See: Argentina