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dependant

noun

  1. one who relies on another for support
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛndənt/

adj

  1. Obsolete spelling of dependent.

    Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.

  2. Misspelling of dependent.

    However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]

noun

  1. UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.