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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)
- (law, UK historical, otherwise current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
- Synonyms: actor, (English and Singapore law) claimant, complainant, litigant, (Scottish law) pursuer
- Antonym: defendant
- Hypernyms: litigant, litigator
- Hyponyms: petitioner, suer
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Translations[edit]
party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
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Further reading[edit]
- “plaintiff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “plaintiff”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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