"complainant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəmˈpleɪnənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-complainant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: complainants [plural]
Etymology: From Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|complaignant}} Old French complaignant, {{m|fro|complaindre}} complaindre Head templates: {{en-noun}} complainant (plural complainants)
  1. (law) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff. Categories (topical): Law Translations (plaintiff): тъжител (tǎžitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ищец (ištec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plendanto (Esperanto), kantaja (Finnish), plaignant [masculine] (French), მოსარჩელე (mosarčele) (Georgian), felperes (Hungarian), gearánach [masculine] (Irish), gearánaí [masculine] (Irish), éilitheoir [masculine] (Irish), kaiwhakapae (Maori), powód [masculine] (Polish), исте́ц (istéc) [masculine] (Russian), жалилац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), подносилац жалбе [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žalilac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podnosilac žalbe [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podnosioc žalbe [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mlalamishi (Swahili), klagande [common-gender] (Swedish), ఫిర్యాది (phiryādi) (Telugu), achwynydd [masculine] (Welsh), achwynwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-complainant-en-noun-rF6RRPxs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 22 32 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'plaintiff': 87 6 7
  2. (law) An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial. Categories (topical): Law, People
    Sense id: en-complainant-en-noun-JjEQgQGF Disambiguation of People: 20 44 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 29 36 Topics: law
  3. One who makes complaint.
    Sense id: en-complainant-en-noun-USObUZy5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 29 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: complainaunt [obsolete, rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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