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-ant

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

1-ant

noun suffix

Definition of -ANT

1
a : one that performs (a specified action) : personal or impersonal agent <claimant> <coolant> b : thing that promotes (a specified action or process) <expectorant>
2
: one connected with <annuitant>
3
: thing acted upon (in a specified manner) <inhalant>

Origin of -ANT

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from -ant, present participle suffix, from Latin -ant-, -ans, present participle suffix of first conjugation, from -a- (stem vowel of first conjugation) + -nt-, -ns, present participle suffix; akin to Old English -nde, present participle suffix, Greek -nt-, -n, participle suffix

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