dependern.
/dɪˈpɛndə/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant
spear1539
dependerc1565
dependant1598
pensionnaire1604
feedera1616
reliant1665
encumbrance1742
to-fall1822
loaf-eater1844
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 8 Through the vain flattery of his dependers.
a1595 Descr. Isles Scotl. in W. Skene Celtic Scotl. (1880) III. App. iii. 438 Ane dependar on the Clan Donald.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) iv. 186 Being all vassals and dependers of Huntley.
1724 J. Swift Riddle in Poems I'm but a meer Depender still: An humble Hanger-on at best.
1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 78 He drew together a number of Lords of his Dependers.
2. One who depends or relies on something. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun] > one who relies
dependera1616
recumbent1642
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 58 To be depender on a thing that leanes. View more context for this quotation
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 306 Art thou a continuall depender vpon teaching?
1827 Examiner 470/2 A set of puny dependers upon a British soldiery.
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