An archaic or rare term possibly referring to a person from Byzantium or relating to Byzantine culture.
Shortened or variant form of 'Byzantine,' relating to Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul), the ancient capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The exact usage is unclear as this form is extremely rare.
You've discovered a linguistic ghost! 'Byzant' is so obscure that it barely exists in any dictionary—it might be a medieval abbreviation or a scholar's private term that never caught on.
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