avant (plural avants)
(obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.
Avant
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
A*vant", n. Etym: [For avant-guard. Cf. Avaunt, Van.]
Definition: The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
