Meaning & use
hant
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A ghost or haunting spirit; a dialectal variant of "haunt" used chiefly in Southern and Appalachian American English.
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The old woman swore a hant walked the halls of the abandoned plantation house.
Local legend held that a hant guarded the crossroads at midnight.
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"Hant" preserves an older pronunciation of "haunt" and survives mainly in Gullah and Appalachian folklore and storytelling traditions.
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