de ‧ pen ‧ dant BrE AmE British English , dependent American English /dɪˈpendənt/ noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ dependant , ↑ dependence ≠ ↑ independence , ↑ dependency ; adverb : ↑ dependably , ↑ independently ; adjective : ↑ dependable , ↑ dependent ≠ ↑ independent ; verb : ↑ depend ]
someone, especially a child, who depends on you for food, clothes, money etc