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Definition of "complainant" [com•plain•ant]

  • Law A party that makes a complaint or files a formal charge, as in a court of law; a plaintiff. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "complainant" in a sentence
  • "“Ignore what the documents and the signature says, the complainant is actually whomever I wish it to be”."
  • "For the above reasons I am confident it will be the result that the complainant is not happy with."
  • "I guess actually, the complainant is more properly an Entrepreneur, despite his institutional credential."