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abdicant

American

[ab-di-kuhnt] / ˈæb dɪ kənt /

adjective

abdicating, forsaking, or deserting.

to be abdicant of one's duty.

noun

a person who abdicates; abdicator.

Etymology

Origin of abdicant

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

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