arrivant

/əˈɹaɪvənt/

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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noun

A person who is arriving or has just arrived.

"The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy by Kamau Brathwaite (1973)"
"Altogether the new arrivant had the air of some desperate adventurer […]"
"[…] the beggars, looking up with the bright faces of arrivants, turned into our compound-front."
"[He] finally gave up any hope that a bellhop would actually help an arrivant or somebody about to leave the hotel with their luggage."

From arrive + -ant or French arrivant.

arrivants (plural)

arrival

Questions

How do you pronounce arrivant?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹaɪvənt/.

What does arrivant mean?

A person who is arriving or has just arrived.

Where does arrivant come from?

It is traced to French.

How to pronounce arrivant

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