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assientist|æsɪˈɛntɪst|
In 8 assentist.
[f. next + -ist; cf. F. assientiste, and Sp. a(s)sentista, after which the earlier form was assentist.]
One of the parties to an Assiento contract; a shareholder in an Assiento company.
1713Lond. Gaz. No. 5132 1 With Priviledges beyond what any former Assentists ever enjoy'd. 1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 280 The supplying the Spaniards with Negroes, has proved a Loss to other Assientists. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxxv. 390 The assientists might introduce as many more [slaves] as they pleased. |