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allegiant, a. (and n.)|əˈliːdʒ(ɪ)ənt|
[f. allegiance, on analogy of adjs. in -ant accompanying ns. in -ance.]
Giving allegiance, loyal. Also as n., one who owes or renders allegiance; a subject.
1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iii. ii. 176, I can nothing render but Allegiant thankes. 1848Blackw. Mag. LXIV. 227 He proved anything but allegiant to Shakspeare. 1854Patmore Angel in House i. i. xii, The wretch, whom..His own allegiant thoughts despise. 1886N. Amer. Rev. CXLII. 125 Strangers shall have the same personal rights as the allegiants. 1888Tourgée Lett. to King v. 67 In the one sense it [sc. the word ‘citizen’] is used to distinguish the American people from the allegiants of a foreign power. |