optant
optant · optants
A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose…A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship of the new sovereignty.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship of the new sovereignty.
A person who opts into, out of, or for something.
Origin
Partly (sense 1) borrowed from German Optant or Danish optant (both attested since 1907),Partly (sense 1) borrowed from German Optant or Danish optant (both attested since 1907), partly from opt + ant.
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