plaintiff
noun/ˈpleɪntɪf/
Etymology From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.
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Law UK, Historical A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
Otherwise current
- Derived terms
- antiplaintiff, coplaintiff, multiplaintiff, nonplaintiff, plaintiff in error, plaintiff's attorney, plaintiffship, proplaintiff
- Related terms
- plaintive