Aidant

//ˈeɪ.dənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which aids; a helper. rare

    "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 […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    helpful, assisting obsolete

    "All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!"

Example

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"All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!"

Etymology

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

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