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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
complainant
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But what of the complainant who consciously fantasises about rape?
▪ Different areas of legislation and regulation affect the likelihood of success for complainants in judicial review.
▪ In all but one he found for the complainant.
▪ It was a condition of his bail that he should not approach Bridget Coffey, the complainant.
▪ The complainant had better grumble at those responsible, not at him.
▪ The judge made it clear that he thought the complainant was the truthful witness and that the case should continue.
▪ The large number of court cases in which the complainant dropped the prosecution is an indication that many cases were settled informally.
▪ The prosecution no longer has to establish that the complainant resisted.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Complainant

Complainant \Com*plain"ant\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"ant), n. [F. complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.]

  1. One who makes complaint.

    Eager complainants of the dispute.
    --Collier.

  2. (Law)

    1. One who commences a legal process by a complaint.

    2. The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.

      He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant.
      --Statutes of Mass.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
complainant

early 15c., from Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre (see complain). The present participle also was used as a noun in Middle French.

Wiktionary
complainant

n. 1 (context legal English) the party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff 2 One who makes complaint.

WordNet
complainant

n. a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: plaintiff] [ant: defendant]

Usage examples of "complainant".

In court jackets he looked for assault cases, complainants in domestic disputes, and codefendants who might have a beef against his client.

I glommed the names of his paternity suit complainants, called Liz Trent and had her give me DMV addresses.

If the suit-filing mothers were to be believed, Sol had three grown sons and three grown daughtersand the complainants were bought off with chump change settlementsweird for a man so given to charity for appearance's sake.

I already knew that Gail Curtiz's mother had diedand since none of the complainants bore the name Curtiz, I knew Gail was using it as an alias.

Seven complaints, and in five of those the complainant was either a pedophile or a pimp dealing in child prostitution.

No explanation had been offered for this terrible assault, and the complainant had appeared involuntarily before the Grand jury and afterward had to be kept in the House of Detention as a hostile witness.

When you cross-examined the complainant in that indecent assault in the old Kilburn Alhambra.

L Canuleius, to whom Spain had been allotted, was instructed to appoint five recuperatores drawn from the senatorial order to try each of the individuals from whom the Spaniards demanded redress, and also to give the complainants permission to take whomsoever they pleased as counsel.

I couldn't get much on the statutory rape complainants, except that they were fourteen and blonde and worked at Lockheed during the war.

Bud picked a great first shot: a domestic squawk, the complainant a longtime punching bag, the arrestee a three-time loser.