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aidant

/ˈeɪ.dənt/

Where it comes from

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

adjective more aidant · most aidant

obsolete helpful, assisting All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

noun aidants

rare 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 […]

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"aidant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aidant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{aidant_2026,
  title = {aidant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aidant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}