Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Avant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avant \A*vant"\, n. [For avant-guard. Cf. {Avaunt}, {Van}.]
The front of an army. [Obs.] See {Van}.
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