Meanings
proper nounDant (plural Dants)
plural Dants
- A surname.
On Saturday, 29-year-old Ryan Dant walked across the stage in his cap and gown as he graduated from his dream school, the University of Louisville. […] What was supposed to be a routine checkup revealed that Ryan’s liver and spleen were too large, and the Dants were referred to a geneticist.
2017 May 13, Ashley Strickland, “Warned he would die by age 10, he just graduated college”, in CNN
Origin
From the French surname of Breton origin, from dant (“tooth”).
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APA
Dant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dant
MLA
“Dant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dant.
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