dependant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

   The pension supported the widow and one dependant child.

2. 2
   adj

   Obsolete spelling of dependent.

   Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.

3. 3
   adj

   Misspelling of dependent.

   However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]

4. 4
   noun

   UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.

   The pension supported the widow and one dependant child.

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