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Language: Old French
Origin: Latin, a present participle ending

-ant

 suffix
     
-ant, -ent [in nouns and adjectives]
XX someone or something that does something:
a servant (=someone who serves others)
disinfectant (=substance for killing germs)
expectant (=expecting)
pleasant (=pleasing)
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