plaintiff

English

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Etymology

From Middle English plaintif, from Old French plaintif (“complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. See plaintive.

Noun

plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)

1. (law) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

Synonyms

• complainant, litigant

Antonyms

• defendant, suspect

Hypernyms

• litigant, litigator

Hyponyms

• suer, petitioner

Related terms

• plaintive

Translations

party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant

Arabic: (indefinite) مدعٍ (ar) (mudda`in) m., (definite) المدعي (ar) (al-mudda`iy) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. and simpl. 原告 (pinyin: yuángào) Czech: žalobce (cs) m. Dutch: eiser (nl), aanklager (nl) Finnish: kantaja (fi) French: demandeur (fr), plaignant (fr) m., plaignante (fr) f. German: Kläger (de) m. Hebrew: המבקש (ha'mevakesh)

Hungarian: felperes (hu) Icelandic: stefnandi (is) m. Interlingua: demandator Japanese: 原告 (げんこく genkoku) Polish: powód m., powódka f. Portuguese: querelante m. and f.; acusação; promotoria Russian: истец (ru) (istéc) m. Spanish: demandante (es); querellante (es). Vietnamese: nguyên cáo (vi)

External links

• plaintiff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• plaintiff in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911