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sans


preposition

  1. without.

noun, plural Sans, (especially collectively) San for 1.

  1. a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
  2. any of more than a dozen related Khoisan languages spoken by the San.

noun

  1. a river in central Europe, flowing from the Carpathian Mountains in W Ukraine through SE Poland into the Vistula: battles 1914–15. About 280 miles (450 km) long.

  1. Sanskrit.

preposition

  1. an archaic word for without

noun

  1. old-fashioned, informal short for sanatorium

noun

  1. an aboriginal people of southern Africa
  2. a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by Bushmen

noun

  1. a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing northwest across SE Poland to the Vistula River. Length: about 450 km (280 miles)

abbreviation for

  1. Sanskrit

adv.early 14c., from French sans, Old French sen, sens (with adverbial genitive) “without, except, apart, not counting,” cognate with Provençal senes, Old Catalan senes, Old Spanish sen (Spanish sin), Old Italian sen, from Vulgar Latin *sene, from Latin sine “without,” enlarged form of sed, se “without,” from PIE root *sen(e)- “apart, separated” (see sunder). In reference to fonts, 1927, short for sans-serif. Japanese honorific title, 1878, short form of more formal sama. abbr.

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