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Webster 1913 Edition
Assientist
Asˊsi-en′tist
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
assientiste
, Sp. asentista
.] A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract.
Bancroft.
Definition 2024
assientist
assientist
English
Alternative forms
- Assientist
Noun
assientist (plural assientists)
- (historical) A shareholder of the Assiento company involved in the slave trade.
- (historical) One of the parties to the Assiento contract.
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