complainant en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəmˈpleɪnənt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre.
Meanings
-
One who makes complaint, one who complains.
1708-1714 Jeremy Collier, Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain Eager complainants […] in the dispute.
The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. [...] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place.
1962 August, “Let's have plain speaking”, in Modern Railways, page 73:It's hard for Americans to understand the patriotism that can get bound up in place-names. We're a young country. We're also accustomed, in our cockeyed cowboy fashion, to everything else revolving around us, so we can afford to let slide the fact that, say, the Gulf of Mexico isn't called the Gulf of America. (Although, according to John Hébert, that is the pet issue of one frequent complainant to the Board on Geographic Names.)
2011, Ken Jennings, “Benchmarks”, in Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72:Heading the complainants is Sir Edward le Breton, Lord of the Manor of Loders, and a member of Bridport Rural Council.
1959 December 14, “Din from Diesels in Dorset”, in Railway Magazine, page 866:
- The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
- An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| complainaunt | alternative | lexicographic | |
| complainants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
defendant (litigation; in civil or criminal proceedings) · respondent (litigation; in civil proceedings)
Deriveds
Synonyms
claimant (litigation; in civil proceedings) · plaintiff (in criminal proceedings)
Translations (28)
ka მოსარჩელე (plaintiff) · sh podnosilac žalbe (plaintiff) · sh жалилац (plaintiff) · ga gearánach (plaintiff) · ru исте́ц (plaintiff) · ga éilitheoir (plaintiff) · te ఫిర్యాది (plaintiff) · cy achwynwr (plaintiff) · bg ищец (plaintiff) · sh подносилац жалбе (plaintiff) · bg тъжител (plaintiff) · pl powód (plaintiff) · cy achwynydd (plaintiff) · es demandante (plaintiff) · ota شكایتجی (one who complains) · fr plaignant (plaintiff) · sv klagande (plaintiff) · fi kantaja (plaintiff) · sh podnosioc žalbe (plaintiff) · es querellante (plaintiff) · hu felperes (plaintiff) · mi kaiwhakapae (plaintiff) · sw mlalamishi (plaintiff) · sh žalilac (plaintiff) · tr şikâyetçi (one who complains) · eo plendanto (plaintiff) · ar شَاكٍ (plaintiff) · ga gearánaí (plaintiff)