Word Meanings - PLAINANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes complaint; the plaintiff.

Related words: (words related to PLAINANT)

• PLAINTIFF
  One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• COMPLAINTFUL
  Full of complaint.
• COMPLAINT
  A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed ; an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Syn. -- Lamentation; murmuring;