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complainant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun complainant has 1 sense
- complainant(n = noun.person) plaintiff - a person who brings an action in a court of law; Array is a kind of litigant, litigator
has particulars: petitioner, suer
Derived form verb complain2
CIDE DICTIONARY
complainant, n. [F. complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.].
- One who makes complaint. [1913 Webster]"Eager complainants of the dispute." [1913 Webster]
- One who commences a legal process by a complaint. [1913 Webster]"He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
complainant
accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, bellyacher, claimant, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, delator, faultfinder, frondeur, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, kicker, kvetch, libelant, malcontent, murmurer, mutterer, party, petitioner, plaintiff, prosecutor, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, sorehead, suitor, the prosecution, whiner
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