alant
alant is the alternative form of alaunt.
Meaning of alaunt
Noun
alaunt (plural alaunts)
- A domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.
- Les alans gentilz si doivent estre fez et taillez droitement comme un levrier de toutes choses fors de la teste, qui doit estre grosse et courte.1916, Albert Stanburrough Cook, “Appendix B: Chaucer's Alaunts”, in The Last Months of Chaucer's Earliest Patron, translation of Déduits de la Chasse des Bestes Sauvaiges et des Oiseaulx de Proye by...
Forms of alant
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Questions about alant
- What is alant the alternative form of?
- Alant is the alternative form of alaunt.
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