durant
durant Lexical Profile
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• noun
American A city in southern Oklahoma near the Texas border, serving as the county seat of Bryan County and the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation.
A strong, glazed woolen fabric formerly used for clothing, upholstery, and wall hangings.
"The antique waistcoat was lined with a sturdy blue durant that had resisted centuries of wear."
• adjective
Lasting; continuing; enduring (now archaic or obsolete).
"The chronicler praised the monarch's durant reign of peace and prosperity."
• preposition
Throughout the course or continuance of; during (now obsolete).
"He remained faithful to his oath durant his entire life."
• Rhymes for durant
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French durant, the present participle of durer ('to last, endure'), from Latin durare ('to harden, endure'), ultimately from durus ('hard').
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