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COMPLAINANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does complainant mean?
• COMPLAINANT (noun)
The noun COMPLAINANT has 1 sense:
1. a person who brings an action in a court of law
Familiarity information: COMPLAINANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who brings an action in a court of law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
complainant; plaintiff
Hypernyms ("complainant" is a kind of...):
litigant; litigator ((law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complainant"):
petitioner; suer (someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right)
Derivation:
complain (make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge)
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