complainant

English

Alternative forms

• complainaunt (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre.

Noun

complainant (plural complainants)

1. (law) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
2. (law) An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial.
3. 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)
• Hungarian: felperes (hu)
• Irish: gearánach m, gearánaí m, éilitheoir m
• Maori: kaiwhakapae
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)