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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who opts into, out of, or for something.
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History
Partly (sense 1) borrowed from German Optant or Danish optant (both attested since 1907), partly from opt + ant.
