2 entries under this word

Avant

A-vānt', n.

noun

n. [For avant-guard, q. v.] The front of an army. [Obs.] See VAN.

interjection

[Fr. avant, en avant, forward. See AVANT-GUARD.] Begone; depart;—a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase “Get thee gone.”