ATTESTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does attestant mean? 

• ATTESTANT (noun)
  The noun ATTESTANT has 2 senses:

1. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

2. someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something

  Familiarity information: ATTESTANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTESTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

attestant; attestator; attestor; witness

Hypernyms ("attestant" is a kind of...):

signatory; signer (someone who signs and is bound by a document)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

attest (give testimony in a court of law)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

attestant; attester

Hypernyms ("attestant" is a kind of...):

informant; witness; witnesser (someone who sees an event and reports what happened)

Derivation:

attest (authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity)