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affiant

af·fiant

US/əˈfaɪənt/ uncommon us

noun

1.

a person who makes an affidavit

Origin

From affy (“(obsolete) to have faith in, trust; to formally affirm or promise; etc.”) + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs).

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