lactant adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •lactating; producing milk.Suppose the farmer purchased 3 buffalloes on 1-6-1981 and it is assumed that they were lactant on 1-5-1981. — 1982 noun1 •A lactating mother; A mother who is suckling offspring.Even if a lactant has taken a poison, it will, as the hitherto literature shows, scarcely be excreted into her milk. — 1950 formslactants
