资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Provant \Pro*vant"\, v. t.
   To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.
   [Obs.] --Nash.

Provant \Prov"ant\, a.
   Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence,
   common in quality; inferior. ``A poor provant rapier.'' --B.
   Jonson.