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imitant

imitant noun: an imitator.

Noun

imitant (plural imitants)

  1. An imitator.
    • But this regimental fashion is now the order of the day, and the young generation growing up among Belgrave Squares, Eaton Squares, Lowndes Squares, Chester Squares, and their humbler imitants, may think differently from what we do.1851, Charles Knight, Knight's Cyclopædia of London, page 757

Adjective

imitant (not comparable)

  1. Imitating.

Forms of imitant

pluralimitants

Questions about imitant

What does imitant mean?
Imitant means an imitator.
What part of speech is imitant?
Imitant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of imitant?
The plural of imitant is imitants.

Words near imitant in the dictionary

  1. imit.
  2. imitability
  3. imitable
  4. imitableness
  5. imitancy
  6. imitant
  7. imitants
  8. imitate
  9. imitated
  10. imitatee
  11. imitatees

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