optantn.

Brit.

/ˈɒpt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɑpt(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: opt v., -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: < opt v. + -ant suffix¹, in sense 1 after German Optant (1907 or earlier: see note below) or Danish optant (1907 or earlier). Compare French optant (1927, with reference to Hungary; compare quot. 1927 at sense 1).An agreement between Denmark and Germany dated 11 January 1907 (Danish Optant-konvention, German Optantenkonvention) stipulated that children of Danish citizens living in Northern Schleswig (which had been ceded to Germany after the Prusso-Danish war of 1864) could opt for either German or Danish citizenship; these are referred to in Danish as optantbørn (plural). German Optant or Danish optant do not occur in the convention of Apenrade (now Åbenrå) of 1872.

1. A person who, when the territory of which he or she is a citizen changes its sovereignty, has the choice between retaining the former citizenship and accepting the new one.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen > one possessing > with choice of sovereign or state

optant1914

1914 W. R. Prior North Sleswick under Prussian Rule 9 Nearly 40,000 of the Sleswick Danes had become optants.

1927 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 11/5 This arbitral tribunal pronounced in favour of the Hungarian optants.

1961 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 55 921 Also to be considered as having been divested of their Russian citizenship were the wife and children of the optant.

1998 Peace Res. Feb. 20 If you threaten me, and I have reason to believe that your threat is credible, and, consequently..I pack and leave, am I an ‘optant’, or an expelled refugee?

2. A person who opts for, into, or out of something.

ΚΠ

1943 Times 29 May 2/1 The number of men who have ‘opted’ for work in the mines as an alternative to service in the armed forces is small... ‘Optants’ and upgraded workers this year are expected to number 4,000.

1981 Economica 48 40 These were found among all of the pensioner groups and in the youngest group of opted-out women.., but not among older optants.

1996 C. D. Daykin in Z. Bodie et al. Securing Employer-based Pensions ii. 61 The gross cost of the contracted-out contribution rebate and incentive for personal pension optants might be around US $14 billion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	optant
释义	optantn. Brit. /ˈɒpt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɑpt(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: opt v., -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < opt v. + -ant suffix¹, in sense 1 after German Optant (1907 or earlier: see note below) or Danish optant (1907 or earlier). Compare French optant (1927, with reference to Hungary; compare quot. 1927 at sense 1).An agreement between Denmark and Germany dated 11 January 1907 (Danish Optant-konvention, German Optantenkonvention) stipulated that children of Danish citizens living in Northern Schleswig (which had been ceded to Germany after the Prusso-Danish war of 1864) could opt for either German or Danish citizenship; these are referred to in Danish as optantbørn (plural). German Optant or Danish optant do not occur in the convention of Apenrade (now Åbenrå) of 1872. 1. A person who, when the territory of which he or she is a citizen changes its sovereignty, has the choice between retaining the former citizenship and accepting the new one. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen > one possessing > with choice of sovereign or state optant1914 1914 W. R. Prior North Sleswick under Prussian Rule 9 Nearly 40,000 of the Sleswick Danes had become optants. 1927 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 11/5 This arbitral tribunal pronounced in favour of the Hungarian optants. 1961 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 55 921 Also to be considered as having been divested of their Russian citizenship were the wife and children of the optant. 1998 Peace Res. Feb. 20 If you threaten me, and I have reason to believe that your threat is credible, and, consequently..I pack and leave, am I an ‘optant’, or an expelled refugee? 2. A person who opts for, into, or out of something. ΚΠ 1943 Times 29 May 2/1 The number of men who have ‘opted’ for work in the mines as an alternative to service in the armed forces is small... ‘Optants’ and upgraded workers this year are expected to number 4,000. 1981 Economica 48 40 These were found among all of the pensioner groups and in the youngest group of opted-out women.., but not among older optants. 1996 C. D. Daykin in Z. Bodie et al. Securing Employer-based Pensions ii. 61 The gross cost of the contracted-out contribution rebate and incentive for personal pension optants might be around US $14 billion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914
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