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dependent
noun
1 dependent
A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support).
synonym: dependant.
Roget 746:
subject,
liegeman†;
servant,
retainer,
follower,
henchman,
servitor,
domestic,
menial,
help,
lady help,
employe,
attache;
official.
retinue,
suite,
cortege,
staff,
court.
attendant,
squire,
usher,
page,
donzel†,
footboy†;
train bearer,
cup bearer;
waiter,
lapster†,
butler,
livery servant,
lackey,
footman,
flunky,
flunkey,
valet,
valet de chambre [Fr.];
equerry,
groom;
jockey,
hostler,
ostler†,
tiger,
orderly,
messenger,
cad,
gillie†,
herdsman,
swineherd;
barkeeper,
bartender;
bell boy,
boots,
boy,
counterjumper†;
khansamah†,
khansaman†;
khitmutgar†;
yardman.
bailiff,
castellan†,
seneschal,
chamberlain,
major-domo†,
groom of the chambers.
secretary;
under secretary,
assistant secretary;
clerk;
subsidiary;
agent
etc.
758;
subaltern;
underling,
understrapper;
man.
maid,
maidservant;
handmaid;
confidente [Fr.],
lady's maid,
abigail,
soubrette;
amah†,
biddy,
nurse,
bonne [Fr.],
ayah†;
nursemaid,
nursery maid,
house maid,
parlor maid,
waiting maid,
chamber maid,
kitchen maid,
scullery maid;
femme de chambre [Fr.],
femme fille [Fr.];
camarista†;
chef de cuisine,
cordon bleu [Fr.],
cook,
scullion,
Cinderella;
potwalloper†;
maid of all work,
servant of all work;
laundress,
bedmaker†;
journeyman,
charwoman
etc.
(worker)
690;
bearer,
chokra†,
gyp
(Cambridge),
hamal†,
scout
(Oxford).
serf,
vassal,
slave,
negro,
helot;
bondsman,
bondswoman†;
bondslave†;
ame damnee [Fr.],
odalisque,
ryot†,
adscriptus gleboe [Lat.];
villian†,
villein;
beadsman†,
bedesman†;
sizar†;
pensioner,
pensionary†;
client;
dependant,
dependent;
hanger on,
satellite;
parasite
etc.
(servility)
886;
led captain;
protege [Fr.],
ward,
hireling,
mercenary,
puppet,
tool,
creature.
badge of slavery;
bonds
etc.
752.
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adjective
1 dependent
Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed.
2 dependent
3 dependent
of a clause Unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence:
— A subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence.
synonym: subordinate.
Roget 749:
subject,
dependent,
subordinate;
feudal,
feudatory;
in subjection to,
under control;
in leading strings,
in harness;
subjected,
enslaved
etc.
v.;
constrained
etc.
751;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
under the lash,
on the hip,
led by the nose,
henpecked;
the puppet of,
the sport of,
the plaything of;
under one's orders,
under one's command,
under one's thumb;
a slave to;
at the mercy of;
in the power of,
in the hands of,
in the clutches of;
at the feet of;
at one's beck and call
etc.
(obedient)
743;
liable
etc.
177;
parasitical;
stipendiary.
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4 dependent
5 dependent
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others:
— A dependent prince.
synonym: subject.
6 dependent
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