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Argentine, a.2 and n.2|ˈɑːdʒəntaɪn|
[ad. Sp. Argentina: see def.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to Argentina, the federal republic (República or Confederación Argentina) which occupies the greater part of the southern end of South America, and is named from the Rio de la Plata (Sp. plata silver).
1830Ann. Reg. 1829 xii. 243/1 As to the confederation which formed the Argentine republic,..the different provinces had their armies in the field, and were fighting equally bitterly against each other. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 488/2 Along the Argentine slopes of the Andes. 1891T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 280 The Argentine love of showy novelties. 1917G. Ross Argentina & Uruguay 46 According to Argentine Law, all children born on Argentine soil are ipso facto Argentines. 1920Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 No two Argentine horses are of the same mind for more than a few seconds at a time.
b. Argentine ant, a small brown South American ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, which has been introduced into and become a household and orchard pest in parts of the United States, South Africa, and elsewhere.
1908C. W. Woodworth in California Agric. Exper. Station Circular No. 38, p. 1 (title) The Argentine Ant in California. 1948F. Wightman Wind is Free (1949) vii. 105 Like the Argentine ant in South Africa, the white ant appeared suddenly on the island and now is attacking everything.
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Argentina. Also, a horse or pony of a breed peculiar to Argentina.
1829Ann. Reg. 1828 Chron. 432/1 An intrepid chief, with a handful of Argentines, has recovered our old possessions. 1860Chambers's Encycl. I. 388/2 The Banda Oriental has been a bone of contention between the Brazilians and the Argentines. 1891T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 275 In all that concerns civilization, the Argentines look up to the French. 1893C. E. Akers Argentine Sketches 42 In very rare cases is an Argentine found doing anything that requires severe physical exertion. 1901Kipling Five Nations (1903) 163 Atop of a sore-backed Argentine.
2. the Argentine, Argentina.
1891T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 276 In the Argentine and in Uruguay. Ibid. 279 The auctioneer..is a great personage in the Argentine.
Hence Argentinian |ɑːdʒənˈtɪnɪən| a., belonging to the Argentine; also n. = Argentino |ɑːdʒɛnˈtiːnəʊ|, a native of the Argentine.
1918C. B. Jordan tr. V. Blasco Ibáñez's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1919) i. i, I am an Argentinian citizen. Ibid., She was speaking alone to the Argentinian. 1920Cornhill Mag. Sept. 335 The work of the Texans was neat and expeditious, that of the Argentiños clumsy and slow. |