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retreatant

retreatant noun: a participant in a religious or similar retreat.

Noun

retreatant (plural retreatants)

  1. a participant in a religious or similar retreat

Forms of retreatant

pluralretreatants

Origin of retreatant

From retreat + -ant.

Questions about retreatant

What does retreatant mean?
Retreatant means a participant in a religious or similar retreat.
What part of speech is retreatant?
Retreatant is a noun.
What is the plural of retreatant?
The plural of retreatant is retreatants.

Words near retreatant in the dictionary

  1. retreading
  2. retreadings
  3. retreads
  4. retreat
  5. retreatal
  6. retreatant
  7. retreatants
  8. retreated
  9. retreater
  10. retreaters
  11. retreatest

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