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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)