assientist
assientist noun: a shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade.
Noun
assientist (plural assientists)
- A shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade.
- One of the parties to the Assiento contract.
- as England gained the assiento , it was agreed that the agents of the assientists might enter all the ports of Spanish America1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
Forms of assientist
| plural | assientists |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Assientist |
Origin of assientist
Compare French assientiste, Spanish asentista.
Questions about assientist
- What does assientist mean?
- Assientist means a shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade.
- What part of speech is assientist?
- Assientist is a noun.
- What is the plural of assientist?
- The plural of assientist is assientists.
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