optant

Meaning

Noun

  • A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship of the new sovereignty.
  • A person who opts into, out of, or for something.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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