dependant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
    dependent.
  2. adjective satellite contingent on something else
    dependent; qualified.
  3. adjective satellite addicted to a drug
    dependent; hooked; drug-addicted; strung-out.

WordNet

De*pend"ant, De*pend"ance, De*pend"an*cy noun (Also<
  • Dependant
  • Dependance
  • Dependancy
)
Definitions
  1. See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency. ✍ The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent.

Webster 1913