dependant
noun🔊/dɪˈpendənt/
🔊/dɪˈpendənt/
(British English) (also dependent North American English, British English)
a person, especially a child, who depends on another person for a home, food, money, etc. 受扶养者（尤指孩子）；靠他人生活者 Married women received only the basic pension as their husband's dependant. 已婚妇女仅以基本养恤金作为丈夫的家属。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a dependency): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from’, present participle of dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.