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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior..
a poor provant rapier
When I want prouant wᵗʰ: Humfrie I sup, & when benighted, I repose in Powles wᵗʰ: waking soules, Yet neuer am affrighted. When I lack food, I go without it, and when benighted, I repose in St. Paul’s (graveyard) with ghosts, Yet am never scared.
His manner is to put three or foure ſtones into a ſpoone, and ſo putting them into his mouth together, ſvvallovvs them all dovvn one after another; […] [H]aving the advantage of this ſtrange vvay of alimony, he ſold his allovvance of provant at great rates; […]
One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day.
...should not only supply her inhabitants with plentiful purveyance of sustenance, but provant and victual moreover this monstrous army of strangers […]
Use provant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Provant means (obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior..
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a poor provant rapier
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