complainant

English

Alternative forms

complainaunt (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre.

Noun

complainant (plural complainants)

(law) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
One who makes complaint.
- Collier
  Eager complainants of the dispute.

Translations

plaintiff

Bulgarian: тъжител (bg) m (tǎžitel), ищец (bg) m (ištec)
Esperanto: plendanto
Finnish: kantaja (fi)
French: plaignant (fr) m
Georgian: მოსარჩელე (mosarčele)
Irish: gearánach m, gearánaí m, éilitheoir m
Maori: kaiwhakapae
Polish: powód (pl) m

Russian: исте́ц (ru) m (istéc)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жалилац m, подносилац жалбе m

Roman: žalilac m, podnosilac žalbe m, podnosioc žalbe m
Swahili: mlalamishi (sw)
Swedish: klagande (sv) c
Telugu: ఫిర్యాది (te) (phiryādi)

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