versant

[vur-suh nt]

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noun

a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.

the general slope of a country or region.

Origin of versant

1850–55; < French, noun use of present participle of verser to turn < Latin versāre, frequentative of vertere to turn; see verse, -ant

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Related Words for versant

savvy, versed, abreast, acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, informed, introduced, mindful, apprised, grounded, up

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Historical Examples of versant

Llan means a level place generally, as most of your readers who are versant in those subjects know.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851
Various
On the Mediterranean versant there are 76 in., in the Garonne basin 46 and in that of the Loire only 28.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1
Various
The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.
Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country
J. Knox Jones

British Dictionary definitions for versant

versant

noun

rare the side or slope of a mountain or mountain range

the slope of a region

Word Origin for versant

C19: from French, from verser to turn, from Latin versāre

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Word Origin and History for versant

1640s, from Latin versantem (nominative versans), present participle of versare (see versus).