versant
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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2013
He requested to know what these secrets were, on which I informed him that I was thoroughly versant in the construction of all manner of guns and artillery.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
His literary education likewise had been so carefully attended to, that he was considered as more versant in these things than his situation required.
On the inland versant a narrow native shaft has been sunk for gold by Mr. Sam, now native agent under Mr. Crocker.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Distribution.—Low to moderate elevations from Sinaloa, México, to Guatemala on the Pacific versant; from the Edwards and Stockton plateaus of Texas to British Honduras on the Caribbean versant.
From Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México by John D. Lynch