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accolent

accolent noun: one who lives nearby; neighbor.

Noun

accolent (plural accolents)

  1. One who lives nearby; neighbor.
    • The necessity of water-communication in the narrow valley through which the Nile flows, particularly at the time of the inundations, must have probably induced the accolents of the river to have engaged early in navigation ; and the classes which had been formerly familiar with its waters by...1840, Carl von Rotteck, General History of the World
    • Immediately about the Golconda Fort the rocks, almost wholly syenitic and granitic, supply only quartz, chalcedony, carnelian, and amethyst ; but we had heard of chance diamonds being picked up by the accolents of the Krishna river, and Sir Salar Jung, with his usual liberality, proposed laying a...1893, Lady Isabel Burton, The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 530

Adjective

accolent (not comparable)

  1. Occurring or living next to; neighboring; adjacent.
    • This area is bounded on the north by the tribes speaking Barba or Borghu, by the Takpas (Tappas) of Nufe, and by the other races accolent to the Kwara (Quorra) River: to the south is the Atlantic washing the Bight of Benin ; eastward are the various tongues of the Niger Proper, and especially the...1865, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Wit and Wisdom from West Africa, page 179
    • The “madreporite ” is chiefly an excretory apparatus, the presumed “heart” accolent to the sand-canal and abutting on the madreporite, a gland.1877, Zoological Record - Volume 12, page 548

Forms of accolent

pluralaccolents

Questions about accolent

What does accolent mean?
Accolent means one who lives nearby; neighbor.
What part of speech is accolent?
Accolent can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of accolent?
The plural of accolent is accolents.

Words near accolent in the dictionary

  1. accoladed
  2. accolades
  3. accolading
  4. accolated
  5. accolee
  6. accolent
  7. accolents
  8. accoll
  9. accolled
  10. accolling
  11. accolls

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