abdicant

[ ab-di-kuhnt ]

adjective
  1. abdicating, forsaking, or deserting: to be abdicant of one's duty.

noun
  1. a person who abdicates; abdicator.

Origin of abdicant

1
1645–55; <Latin abdicant- (stem of abdicāns), present participle of abdicāre.See abdicate, -ant

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