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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.]