Vis`-a-vis" (?), n. [F., opposite, face to face.]
1.
One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.
2.
A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
© Webster 1913.
Vis`-a-vis", adv.
Face to face.
© Webster 1913.