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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
affiant
 
SYLLABICATION:af·fi·ant
PRONUNCIATION:  -fnt
NOUN: One who makes an affidavit.
ETYMOLOGY:From affy, to make affidavit, from Middle English affien, to trust, from Old French affier, to promise. See affiance.
 
 
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