afront
/əˈfrʌnt/adverb
In front. Now chiefly in afront of: = sense B. Now regional.
preposition
In front of.
Origin
Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Partly (i) from Anglo-Norman a frunt, a frund, a frount, Old French, Middle French a front abreast, facing, opposite from a to + front forehead, face: see front;.
- the Commons
- the common touch
- the common weal
- the Commonwealth
- the Commonwealth of Nations
- the Confederacy
- the Conquest
- the Constitution
- the Consulate
- the Continent
- the corridors of power
- the Cotswolds
- the course of nature
- the Court Circular
- the Craft
- the cream of the crop
- the Creation
- the Creator
- the Creed
- the Crescent
- the Cross
- the Crown
- the Crucifixion
- the Curragh
- the cut of someone's jib