avant

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avant^¹

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Abbreviated from avant-garde.

noun avants

obsolete The front of an army; the vanguard.

Avant^²

proper noun

A surname.

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Closest in meaning: till, front, forward, advance, garde, prior, earlier, before, carde, coureur, pre-, propos, until, progressive, cutting-edge, pioneering

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"avant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/avant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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avant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/avant

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"avant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/avant.

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@misc{avant_2026,
  title = {avant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/avant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}