"affiant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈfaɪ.ənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-affiant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: affiants [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪənt Etymology: From the present participle of Old French afier, from Late Latin affidare. Related to affidavit. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|afier}} Old French afier, {{der|en|LL.|affidare}} Late Latin affidare, {{m|en|affidavit}} affidavit Head templates: {{en-noun}} affiant (plural affiants)
  1. (law) The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition. Categories (topical): Law, People Related terms: affidavit, declaration, deponent, deposition, further, legalese, naught, sayeth, statement, witness
    Sense id: en-affiant-en-noun-np9FdQdI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Topics: law

Inflected forms

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