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Webster 1913 Edition

Avant

A-vant′

,
Noun.
[For
avant-guard
. Cf.
Avaunt
,
Van
.]
The front of an army.
[Obs.]
See
Van
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Avant

AVANT'

,
Noun.
The front of an army. [Not used. See Van.]

Definition 2024

avànt

avànt

See also: avant and avânt

Romansch

Alternative forms

Preposition

avànt

  1. (Sutsilvan) before, beforehand
  2. (Sutsilvan) ago

Synonyms

  • (ago): davànt

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‎(“front, forehead”).

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