How do you pronounce aidant?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɪ.dənt/.

Where does aidant come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˈeɪ.dənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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noun

One who or that which aids; a helper.

"All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!"
"He said, "The court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment in rem, given by the Portuguese court," and then he said […]"
"More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized."

From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).

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