Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Versant \Ver"sant\, a. [L. versans, p. pr. versare to turn
   abound frequently, to turn over in the mind, to meditate. See
   {Versatile}.]
   Familiar; conversant. [R.]

         Men not versant with courts of justice.  --Sydney
                                                  Smith.

Versant \Ver"sant\, n. [F.]
   The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general
   slope of a country; aspect.

Source : WordNet®

versant
     n : the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the
         eastern versant" [syn: {mountainside}]