Definitions for argentines

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argentines ar·gen·tine

Spelling: [ahr-juh n-tin, -tahyn]

IPA: /ˈɑr dʒən tɪn, -ˌtaɪn/

Argentines is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 883 anagrams from letters in argentines (aeeginnrst).

Definitions for argentines

noun

1. a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
2. any of various silvery marine fishes, especially those of the genus Argentina.
3. a native or inhabitant of Argentina.
4. Argentina (usually preceded by the):
5. a republic in S South America. 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Capital: Buenos Aires.

adjective

1. pertaining to or resembling silver.
2. of or relating to Argentina.

Origin of argentines

1400-50; late Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin argentīnus silvery. See argent, -ine¹

Examples for argentines

Not one argentine Jesuit lost his life during the dirty war, and he managed to save dozens of people.

Bogota and the argentine Republic have whitewashed many a reputation.'

Such is the finding of the most accurate of argentine historians.

And when Pedro Almodovar showed us the argentine film, we loved it because it was so fresh.

A boat leaves for the argentine the day after to-morrow; you must go by it.

I like argentine malbec red wine or a good red wine from the North of Spain.

The argentine people are, and wish to remain, the friends of the United States.

Giles hopes the museum can help foreigners better understand this argentine position.

But the argentine expedition had done worse than it at first dreamed of.

This windswept sheep-filled archipelago off the coast of Southern Patagonia remains an argentine obsession.