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aidant

adj
/ˈeɪ.dənt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from aidant
  2. inherited from aydaunt

Definitions

  1. helpful, assisting

    • All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

  2. One who or that which aids

    One who or that which aids; a helper.

    • 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 […]
    • More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA