Heraldry, which is the profession of emblazoning coat of arms, uses argent, a tincture of silver, as the color white. Because of its rarity, argent silver was often used in various patterns by the British Royalty to differentiate between the different ranks and regions.
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Flags are a branch of Heraldry - most ancient flags were based on coats of arms - and have to obey the same rules. On heraldry the only colours permitted are gules (red), azure (blue), vert (green) and, very very rarely, purpure (purple). There are also two metals, or (gold) and argent (silver), usually represented by tellow and white respectively. red, white and blue, therefore, represent half or more of the available hues.
France? Argent is 'silver'. Largent, as a distortion of L'Argent, would mean "the silver" and could have referred to one who mined silver, one who worked in silver (a silver smith) or even to a silver-haired person.
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"Argent" is heraldic name for silver and is derived from Latin argentum, from which the chemical symbol for silver is also derived.
argent
It is an archaic or poetic word for silver, used in heraldry
Silver argent refers to a bright, shiny silver color typically associated with the metal silver itself. The term is often used in heraldry to describe a silver or white color on a coat of arms or flag.
In French it translates to "dish money" A slight variation, plat argenté, means "silver dish" or "silver platter."
The word argent is a noun. Argent is the metal silver.
or et argent
argent (AU) is the latin word for silver.
Argent is the French for silver —> ahr-jhon
argent et d'or
argent means silver in French.
Silver; silvery white.Example:"the argent moon"