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单词 aidant
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aidantadj.n.

Brit. /ˈeɪd(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈeɪdnt/
Forms: late Middle English aydaunte, late Middle English–1700s aydant, 1500s aidante, 1600s– aidant.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aidant.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aidaunt, aydaunt, Anglo-Norman and Middle French aidant (adjective) that helps, (noun) helper, ally (both late 12th cent.; French (now rare and regional) aidant ), use as adjective and noun of the present participle of aider aid v.
A. adj.
That provides aid or assistance; helpful. Now rare (chiefly literary in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective]
lastfuleOE
helpinga1300
helplya1300
helpfulc1384
assistanta1400
succourablec1400
helpyc1440
aidant1449
adjutoryc1475
subsiduous1490
aidable1509
aidinga1525
aidful1535
adjuvant1574
adjuvable1598
assistful1600
auxiliary1605
recureful1606
seconda1616
succouring1616
coadjuvanta1625
adjutant1645
adjutorious1657
assisting1659
subventive1674
relievablea1693
subventitious1693
affording1873
succourful1898
1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §21. m. 5 So was the seid duke of Suff', falsely and traiterously adherent, aydant and confortant to youre grettest enemyes.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxx/1 Saynt Thomas, whos merytes be vnto vs aydaunte and helpyng.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 18 Beaydant [1623 Be aydant] and remediat, In the good mans distresse. View more context for this quotation
1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 158 We command and pray you for the Common Profit of you and every one of you, to be Aidant to us at all times and in all places.
1782 C. H. Wilson Compleat Coll. Resol. Volunteers, Grand Juries &c. Ireland 108 We look upon religious toleration as highly advantageous to society, as powerfully aidant to civil liberty.
1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State 179 I would gladly be aidant, as far as my poor mite of judgment will enable me.
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 91 The topaz, aidant in all holy rites.
1946 E. Partridge Journey to Edge of Morning ii. 57 Here is the cunning of the more intelligent apes, not the art of intelligent, mutually aidant and mutually appreciative man and woman.
B. n.
1. An auxiliary soldier. Cf. aid n. 3a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > auxiliary branch > auxiliaries
aida1460
aidanta1460
aid band1598
aid soldier1598
auxiliary1601
provincial1617
recruit1626
a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 669 (MED) Thi legyaunt forthi to multiplie Is right, but aydauntys a fewe applie.
2. A helper, an assistant. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper
helpend971
recurera1382
undertaker1382
bootc1420
profitera1425
suffrage1445
supplier1456
aidant1477
aider1483
adjutor1531
benefactor1532
assistant?1541
servant1562
aid1569
adjument1576
adjuvant1583
familiar1583
adjoint1603
opitulator1624
adjutator1832
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 13 The aydants and helpars of the quene.
c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia sig. Cv Cymon, then And all his Aidantes, shoulde be throwen to deepe, and darksome denne.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aide, an aidant, helper.
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus vi. 113 The Chancellour presents Justice, resident in the English Law, as the aptest aidant of him.
1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xv. 69 The Bailiffs of Places where the Staples are, to be attending to the Mayor and Constables of the Staple, and see their Orders executed, and some Lord or other to be Aidant or Assistant to them.
1880 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 5 33 The Court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment..given by a Portuguese Court.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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