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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plaintiff \Plain"tiff\, noun [F. plaintif making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See {Plaint}, and cf. {Plaintive}.] (Law) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to {defendant}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plaintiff \Plain"tiff\, adjective See {Plaintive}. [Obs.] --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
plaintiff
noun: a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: {complainant}] [ant: {defendant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "plaintiff": accessory, accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, bitter-ender, brawler, claimant, complainant, defendant, delator, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, libelant, litigant, litigationist, litigator, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, panel, parties litigant, party, petitioner, prosecutor, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, suitor, the prosecution, witness, wrangler
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