argent

Etymology

From Middle English argent, from Old French argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum (“white money, silver”).

noun

1. (archaic) The metal silver.
2. (heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
   argent:
   The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent". 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry
3. (obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
4. A moth of the genus Argyresthia.

adj

1. Of silver or silver-coloured.
2. (heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
   ... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain. 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry