complainant

[ kuhm-pley-nuhnt ]
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noun
  1. a person, group, or company that makes a complaint, as in a legal action.

Origin of complainant

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Anglo-French compleignant (present participle of compleindre). See complain, -ant

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complainant

/ (kəmˈpleɪnənt) /


noun
  1. law a person who makes a complaint, usually before justices; plaintiff

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