Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEPENDANT; DEPENDANCE; DEPENDANCY
DEPENDANT; DEPENDANCE; DEPENDANCY De *pend "ant, De *pend "ance, n., De *pend "an *cy, n.
Defn: See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.
Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc. , are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dependant
dependant |dɪˈpɛnd (ə )nt |(also dependent ) ▶noun a person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a dependency ): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from ’, present participle of dependre (see depend ). usage: Until recently the only correct spelling of the noun in British English was dependant, as in a single man with no dependants. However, the variant dependent is now standard, and indeed it is now as common as dependant in the Oxford English Corpus. In US English dependent is the standard form for the noun. The adjective is spelled -ent, not -ant, as in we are dependent on his goodwill.
Oxford Dictionary
dependant
dependant |dɪˈpɛnd (ə )nt |(also dependent ) ▶noun a person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a dependency ): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from ’, present participle of dependre (see depend ). usage: Until recently the only correct spelling of the noun in British English was dependant, as in a single man with no dependants. However, the variant dependent is now standard, and indeed it is now as common as dependant in the Oxford English Corpus. In US English dependent is the standard form for the noun. The adjective is spelled -ent, not -ant, as in we are dependent on his goodwill.
Oxford Thesaurus
dependant
dependant noun he wanted to provide for his dependants after his death: child, minor; ward, charge, protégé; relative, family member; hanger-on, parasite; (dependants ) offspring, progeny; archaic fosterling.
French Dictionary
dépendant
dépendant , ante adj. adjectif Qui est sous la dépendance de. : Il n ’est plus dépendant de la cigarette. FORMES FAUTIVES dépendant. Impropriété au sens de personne à charge. dépendant de. Impropriété au sens de selon, suivant, en fonction de, d ’après.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
dependant
de pend ant /dɪpénd (ə )nt /名詞 ｟英 ｠＝dependent .
The Wordsmith Dictionary