Complainant

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Complainant \Com*plain"ant\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"ant), n. [F.
     complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.]
     1. One who makes complaint.
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              Eager complainants of the dispute.    --Collier.


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     2. (Law)
        (a) One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
        (b) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff
            at common law.
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                  He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the
                  town, and the other moiety to the use of the
                  complainant.                      --Statutes of
                                                    Mass.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  complainant
       n : a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: {plaintiff}]
           [ant: {defendant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COMPLAINANT. One who makes a complaint. A plaintiff in a suit in chancery is 
  so called.