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accolent

noun accolents

One who lives nearby; neighbor. The necessity of water-communication in the narrow valley through which the Nile flows, particularly at the time of the inundations, must have probably induced the accolents of the river to have engaged early in navigation ; and the classes which had been formerly familiar with its waters by fishing

adjective

not comparable Occurring or living next to; neighboring; adjacent. This area is bounded on the north by the tribes speaking Barba or Borghu, by the Takpas (Tappas) of Nufe, and by the other races accolent to the Kwara (Quorra) River: to the south is the Atlantic washing the Bight of Benin ; eastward are the various tongues of the Niger Proper, and especially the Ib

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@misc{accolent_2026,
  title = {accolent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/accolent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}