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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Complainant \Com*plain"ant\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"ant), noun [F. complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.]
1. One who makes complaint.
Eager complainants of the dispute. --Collier.
2. (Law) (a) One who commences a legal process by a complaint. (b) 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
complainant
noun: a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: {plaintiff}] [ant: {defendant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "complainant": accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, bellyacher, claimant, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, delator, faultfinder, frondeur, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, kicker, kvetch, libelant, malcontent, murmurer, mutterer, party, petitioner, plaintiff, prosecutor, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, sorehead, suitor, the prosecution, whiner
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