dependant
noun /dɪˈpendənt/
/dɪˈpendənt/
(British English) (also dependent North American English, British English)
- a person, especially a child, who depends on another person for a home, food, money, etc.
- Married women received only the basic pension as their husband's dependant.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a dependency): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from’, present participle of dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.