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Definition of dependent:
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" contingent on something else (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" held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" addicted to a drug |