vicariant

From German vikarierend, present participle of vikarieren (“to act as a substitute”), from Vikar (“vicar, representative”), ultimately from Latin vicārius (“substitute”).

vicariant (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance

vicariant (plural vicariants)

1. Any of a set of species, in separate geographical locations, that have arisen through vicariance

• Arvanitic

vicariant (feminine vicariante, masculine plural vicariants, feminine plural vicariantes)

1. vicariant

• “vicariant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.