an't

v. an old way to say 'am not', 'is not', or 'are not'.

v. a contraction of 'am not', 'is not', or 'are not', widely used in 18th-century literature but now restricted to specific dialects.

“It an't right to leave him all alone in the cold.”

“The protagonist in the Victorian novel remarked that he an't going to be treated like a common criminal any longer.”

Archaic · Dialect · Literary

v. a regional way to say 'have not' or 'has not'.

v. a dialectal contraction for 'have not' or 'has not', primarily found in Northern English and certain American dialects.

“I an't got any money left for the bus fare.”

“In the regional play, the farmer complained that he an't seen a drop of rain for three months.”

Dialect · Archaic