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aidant

/ˈeɪ.dənt/

aidant adjective: helpful, assisting.

Adjective

aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)

  1. (obsolete) helpful, assisting
    • All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Noun

aidant (plural aidants)

  1. (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.
    • He said, "The court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment in rem, given by the Portuguese court," and then he said […]1883, Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts, page 540
    • More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140

Forms of aidant

Adjective
comparativemore aidant
superlativemost aidant
Noun
pluralaidants

Origin of aidant

From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).

Questions about aidant

What does aidant mean?
Aidant means helpful, assisting.
What part of speech is aidant?
Aidant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce aidant?
Aidant is pronounced /ˈeɪ.dənt/.

Words near aidant in the dictionary

  1. Aida cloths
  2. aidable
  3. Aidan
  4. aidance
  5. aidances
  6. aidant
  7. aidants
  8. Aidas
  9. aide
  10. aide-de-camp
  11. aide-de-campship

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