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portance definition

port·ance (pôr′təns)

noun

Archaic one's bearing or demeanor

Etymology: Early ModE < MFr < porter, to bear: see port

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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