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assiento

assiento noun: a contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Noun

assiento (plural assientos or assientoes)

  1. (historical) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Forms of assiento

pluralassientos
pluralassientoes
alternative formasiento

Origin of assiento

From Spanish asiento (“seat, contract or agreement”), from asentar (“to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement”), from a- + sentar (“a participial verb”), from Latin ad + *sedentare (“to cause to sit”), from sedens, sedentis.

Questions about assiento

What does assiento mean?
Assiento means a contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
What part of speech is assiento?
Assiento is a noun.
What is the plural of assiento?
The plural of assiento is assientos.

Words near assiento in the dictionary

  1. assieged
  2. assieges
  3. assieging
  4. assientist
  5. assientists
  6. assiento
  7. assientoes
  8. assientos
  9. assier
  10. assiest
  11. assiette

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