Provant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Provant is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior.
Meaning
(obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) provisions; food
- (obsolete, transitive) To supply with provisions; to provide for.
Example Sentences
a poor provant rapier
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 […]
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.
Word Forms
- provants
- provanting
- provanted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prevailing, prevailent, propre, prevalant, preallable, prevelant.
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