complainant
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English
Alternative forms
- complainaunt (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
From Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəmˈpleɪnənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
complainant (plural complainants)
- (law) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
- (law) An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial.
- One who makes complaint.
- 1708-1714 Jeremy Collier, Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain
- Eager complainants in the dispute.
- 1962 August, “Let's have plain speaking”, in Modern Railways, page 73:
- The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. [...] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place.
- 1708-1714 Jeremy Collier, Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain
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Translations
plaintiff
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