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Definition of Assientos
1. assiento [n] - See also: assiento
Literary usage of Assientos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"... to the buying of Negroes, which was a trade at that time, not only not far
entered into, but, as far as it was, had been carried on by assientos, ..."
2. The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Christ's College (University of Cambridge), John Peile, George Charles Williamson, Charles Edward Sayle, Émile Van Biéma, Daniel Defoe (1908)
"... but, as far as it was, had been carried on by the assientos, or permission of
the kings of Spain and Portugal, and engrossed from the public; ..."
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