Sans \Sans\ (s[aum]n; E. s[a^]nz), prep. [F., from L. sine without.] Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word. ``Sans fail.'' --Chaucer.
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. --Shak.
One is Mr. Bush himself, even sans thyroid.
He breathily asks her to meet him at the Polish Bar, in sexy heels, leather skirt sans undies.
From the time Austin called for "three-quarter speed" pass-route warmups, quarterbacks began throwing hard, and receivers, playing sans pads, dived for almost every ball.
This year the Nevilles, sans Lanois, have taken their sound a step further and the resulting recording, "Brother's Keeper" (A&M), is their best work.
And sans ear-splitting amplification.
Tim Raines tried everything, including a one-on-one meeting with Houston Astros owner John McMullen, sans agent.
Tyson is a fistic minimalist who appears in the ring sans socks and whose idea of a robe is a towel with a head hole cut in it.
The sans culottes believed her capable of anything. Ian Dunlop's new biography of Marie-Antoinette sets out to rescue her from this slough of calumny.
I want my ivory tower back, sans Tupperware and shanties.