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English
Etymology
From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)
- (obsolete) helpful, assisting
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!
Noun
aidant (plural aidants)
- (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.
1883, Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts, page 540: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 […]
1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140:More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.
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Pronunciation
Verb
aidant
- gerund of aidar
French
Pronunciation
Participle
aidant
- present participle of aider
Adjective
aidant (feminine aidante, masculine plural aidants, feminine plural aidantes)
- helping
Noun
aidant m (plural aidants, feminine aidante)
- helper
Further reading
Old French
Verb
aidant
- present participle of aider
Adjective
aidant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aidant)
- ready or in agreement to help, to assist
Declension