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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Litigant \Lit"i*gant\, adjective [L. litigans, -antis, p. pr. of litigare: cf. F. litigant. See {Litigate}.] Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. --Ayliffe.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Litigant \Lit"i*gant\, noun A person engaged in a lawsuit.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
litigant
noun: (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants" [syn: {litigator}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "litigant": accessory, accused, actionable, appellant, appellee, bitter-ender, brawler, causidical, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigable, litigationist, litigator, litigatory, litigious, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, panel, parties litigant, party, petitioner, plaintiff, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, suitor, witness, wrangler
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
LITIGANT, noun A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
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