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dependant

/dɪˈpɛndənt/ UK

adjective more dependant · most dependant

obsolete Obsolete spelling of dependent Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.
misspelling Misspelling of dependent However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]

noun dependants

UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.

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@misc{dependant_2026,
  title = {dependant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dependant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}