SG Heritage Dictionary

Vantage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Gain; profit. obsolete

2. Superiority; state in which one has better means of action or defense than another. [This, I believe, is used only in the compound, vantage-ground.]

3. Opportunity; convenience. obsolete

Vantage [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To profit. [Not in use.]

Vantage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

2. The first point after deuce.

Vantage [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To profit; to aid.

Vantage-ground [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Superiority of state or place; the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another.