abdicant

[ ab-di-kuhnt ]

/ ˈæb dɪ kənt /

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adjective

abdicating, forsaking, or deserting: to be abdicant of one's duty.

noun

a person who abdicates; abdicator.

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Origin of abdicant

1645–55; <Latin abdicant- (stem of abdicāns), present participle of abdicāre.See abdicate, -ant

Words nearby abdicant

Abd-el-Kadir, Abd-el Krim, Abderhalden, Abd-er-Rahman Khan, Abdias, abdicant, abdicate, abdication, abdom., abdomen, abdominal