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delinquents

delinquents is the plural of delinquent.

Meaning of delinquent

Noun

delinquent (plural delinquents)

  1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
    • She had the consolation of knowing that any offence given to her dignity could be avenged on the delinquent who caused it, an act of justice which could not fail to be consolatory, since every one of her daughters had at times stood in stead of "guid King James's whipping-boy," when circumstances...1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 269
  2. A person who has not paid their debts.
  3. (derogatory, historical) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).

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What is delinquents the plural of?
Delinquents is the plural of delinquent.

Words near delinquents in the dictionary

  1. delinquences
  2. delinquencies
  3. delinquency
  4. delinquent
  5. delinquently
  6. delinquents
  7. delinquincy
  8. delinquish
  9. delint
  10. delinted
  11. delinter

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