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Meaning of optant

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

optant

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A person who opts into, out of, or for something.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/optant

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