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com·plain·ant (kəm plān′ənt)

noun

Law a person who files a charge or makes the complaint in court; plaintiff

Etymology: ME compleinaunt < prp. of OFr complaindre: see complain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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