fan·ti noun orfan·tealsofan·tee\“, ˈfän-\ (pluralfantiorfanteorfantisorfantes) Usage: capitalized 1. a.: an African Negro nation of Ghana b.: a member of such nation 2.: a dialect of Akan spoken by the Fanti people 3.: a literary language based on the Fanti dialect and used by the Fanti and related peoples