Plaintiff Definition

plāntĭf
plaintiffs
noun
plaintiffs
A person who brings a suit into a court of law; complainant.
Webster's New World

The party in a civil law case who brings the action in a court of law. See also defendant.

Webster's New World Law
Antonyms:
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Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Plaintiff

Noun

Singular:
plaintiff
Plural:
plaintiffs

Origin of Plaintiff

  • From Middle English plaintif, from Old French plaintif (“complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a plaintiff") from the verb plaindre. See plaintive.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English plaintif from Anglo-Norman pleintif from Old French plaintif aggrieved plaintive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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