What is "dependents"

Usage examples of "dependents".

I were of conscription age and had no dependents and were drafted, I would refuse to serve.

But I also asked myself, if the same circumstances had occurred in Germany, as a result of the Russians, during that period of time, with all the dependents we had over there, although we had plans to get them out and all that sort of stuff, I asked myself, would it have been repeated to a certain extent?

This produced a triumphant roar of laughter from the motley assembly of philosophers, printers, and dependents, male and female.

Archibald, Duke of Argyle, his dependents congratulated me on being such a favourite of his Grace.