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harnt

harnt is the alternative form of haunt.

Meaning of haunt

Noun

haunt (plural haunts)

  1. A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
    • The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.
    Synonyms:
    repair
  2. (dialectal) A ghost.
    Synonyms:
    haint
  3. A lair or feeding place of animals in the wild.
    • The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv

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Forms of harnt

pluralharnts

Questions about harnt

What is harnt the alternative form of?
Harnt is the alternative form of haunt.

Words near harnt in the dictionary

  1. Harnishes
  2. harnizo
  3. harnpan
  4. harnpans
  5. harns
  6. harnt
  7. harnts
  8. haro
  9. Haroian
  10. Haroians
  11. Harold

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