abdicant

[ ab-di-kuhnt ]

/ ˈæb dɪ kənt /

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

a person who abdicates; abdicator.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

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