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Found 1 definition: versant.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun versant has 1 senses

versant(n = noun.object) mountainside - the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant"
is a kind of incline, side, slope
is a part of mount, mountain

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

versant, a. [L. versans, p. pr. of versare to turn about frequently, to turn over in the mind, to meditate. See Versatile.].

Familiar; conversant. [1913 Webster]
"Men not versant with courts of justice." [1913 Webster]

versant, n. [F.].

The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

versant, n.
1 the extent of land sloping in one direction.
2 the general slope of land.

Etymology:
F f. verser f. L versare frequent. of vertere vers- turn