abdicant

[ ab-di-kuhnt ]

adjective

1. abdicating, forsaking, or deserting:

   to be abdicant of one's duty.

noun

1. a person who abdicates; abdicator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abdicant¹

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

Example Sentences

Monks abdicant of their orders.

From Project Gutenberg

Abdicant enim se potestate terreni principes dum insurgunt contra Deum: imo indigni sunt qui censeantur in hominum numero.

From Project Gutenberg