Home › Words › D › durantdurantdurant means A surname.EtymologyBorrowed from French durant, present participle of durer (“to last”).nameA surname.An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.A city in Cedar County, Muscatine County and Scott County, Iowa, United States.A city in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States.An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oklahoma, United States.A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.nounA strong cloth in imitation of buff leather.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.buff 64% match — Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. vs durant →duffel 63% match — A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. vs durant →duroy 62% match — A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England. vs durant →buffin 62% match — A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture. vs durant →burdet 60% match — A cotton fabric. vs durant →dornick 58% match — A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournai, Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. vs durant →duroys 57% match — Any clothing made from duroy. vs durant →domett 57% match — A kind of baize with cotton warp and woollen weft. vs durant →