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English Dictionary: conversant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for conversant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conversant adj (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" Synonym(s): conversant(p), familiar(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conversant \Con"versant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.] 1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted. I have been conversant* with the first persons of the age. --Dryden. 2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in. Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. --Dryden. he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. --Pope. Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper. 3. Concerned; occupied. Education . . . is conversant about children. --W. Wotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n. One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]