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-ant

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

-ant \-ant\ [F. -ant, fr. L. -antem or -entem, the pr. p.
   ending; also sometimes directly from L. -antem.]
   A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as,
   merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. {-ent}.