dependantdependentn.

/dɪˈpɛndənt/

Etymology: < French dépendant adjective and noun, properly present participle of dépendre to depend v.¹ From the 18th cent. often (like the adjective) spelt dependent, after Latin (both forms being entered by Johnson); but the spelling -ant still predominates in the noun: compare defendant, assistant.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. Some words, such as dependant, dependent; dependance, dependence, vary their final syllable, as one or other language is present to the writer.

†1. Something subordinately attached or belonging to something else; a subordinate part, appurtenance, dependency. Obsolete.

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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxvii. (R.) The Frenchemen..demaunded..to haue the sygnorie of Guysnes..and all the landes of Froyten, and the dependantes of Guysnes vnto the lymyttes of the water of Grauelyng.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcviij With all their incidentez, circumstaunces, dependentes, or connexes.

1643 W. Prynne Treachery & Disloyalty of Papists 16 The Parliament..repealed this Parliament of 21 R. 2. with all its circumstances and dependents.

1716 London Gaz. No. 5425/9 The Lease for the..Copper-Works..with its Dependants.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 32 Monsieur de Reaumur..discover'd certain Parts which might reasonably be esteem'd Dependants of Flowers.

1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 174 [Versailles] was a mere dependant of the crown.

2. A person who depends on another for support, position, etc.; a retainer, attendant, subordinate, servant.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant

spear1539

dependerc1565

dependant1598

pensionnaire1604

feedera1616

reliant1665

encumbrance1742

to-fall1822

loaf-eater1844

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 130 The best ward of mine honour, is rewarding my dependants .

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 38 I demanded our dependant, what was to pay?

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 10 Allmost all of his own numerous Family, and Dependants.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 28. ⁋8 An error almost universal among those that converse much with dependents.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 190. ⁋7 Convinced that a dependant could not easily be made a friend.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings 61 Her female dependants, friends, and servants.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. v. 76 Such a personage as Laud is doomed to have dependents, and not friends.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 55 Other people could provide for their dependants.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 118 The gentry were surrounded by dependents.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 309 A poor dependant of the family.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	dependant
释义	dependantdependentn. /dɪˈpɛndənt/ Etymology: < French dépendant adjective and noun, properly present participle of dépendre to depend v.¹ From the 18th cent. often (like the adjective) spelt dependent, after Latin (both forms being entered by Johnson); but the spelling -ant still predominates in the noun: compare defendant, assistant.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. Some words, such as dependant, dependent; dependance, dependence, vary their final syllable, as one or other language is present to the writer. †1. Something subordinately attached or belonging to something else; a subordinate part, appurtenance, dependency. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxvii. (R.) The Frenchemen..demaunded..to haue the sygnorie of Guysnes..and all the landes of Froyten, and the dependantes of Guysnes vnto the lymyttes of the water of Grauelyng. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcviij With all their incidentez, circumstaunces, dependentes, or connexes. 1643 W. Prynne Treachery & Disloyalty of Papists 16 The Parliament..repealed this Parliament of 21 R. 2. with all its circumstances and dependents. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5425/9 The Lease for the..Copper-Works..with its Dependants. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 32 Monsieur de Reaumur..discover'd certain Parts which might reasonably be esteem'd Dependants of Flowers. 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 174 [Versailles] was a mere dependant of the crown. 2. A person who depends on another for support, position, etc.; a retainer, attendant, subordinate, servant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant spear1539 dependerc1565 dependant1598 pensionnaire1604 feedera1616 reliant1665 encumbrance1742 to-fall1822 loaf-eater1844 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 130 The best ward of mine honour, is rewarding my dependants . View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 38 I demanded our dependant, what was to pay? 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 10 Allmost all of his own numerous Family, and Dependants. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 28. ⁋8 An error almost universal among those that converse much with dependents. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 190. ⁋7 Convinced that a dependant could not easily be made a friend. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings 61 Her female dependants, friends, and servants. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. v. 76 Such a personage as Laud is doomed to have dependents, and not friends. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 55 Other people could provide for their dependants. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 118 The gentry were surrounded by dependents. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 309 A poor dependant of the family. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1523
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