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 Definitions of defendant  [ɪˈfɛn dənt or, esp. in court, -dænt]  

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Definition of 'defendant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) defendant
one against whom a legal action or suit is brought in a court.

Etymology:  (1275–1325)

Definition of 'defendant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) defendant, suspect
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Definition of 'defendant' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) defendant
the person accused of a crime in a trial
lawyers working for the defendant
Definition of 'defendant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) defendant
serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive

2. (adj) defendant
making defense

3. (noun) defendant
one who defends; a defender

4. (noun) defendant
a person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff
Translation of 'defendant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person accused or sued in a law-court.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verweerder, gedagvaarde Arabic flag Arabic: مُدَّعى عَلَيْهِ ، مُتَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обвиняем
Brazilian flag Brazilian: réu Czech flag Czech: obžalovaný German flag German: der Angeklagte
Danish flag Danish: tiltalte; sagsøgte Greek flag Greek: κατηγορούμενος Spanish flag Spanish: demandado, acusado
Estonian flag Estonian: kostja Farsi flag Farsi: متهم؛ مدعی علیه Finnish flag Finnish: vastaaja
French flag French: accusé, ée, défendeur, de Hebrew flag Hebrew: נֶאֱשם Hindi flag Hindi: प्रतिवादी
Croatian flag Croatian: optuženik, okrivljenik Hungarian flag Hungarian: alperes Indonesian flag Indonesian: terdakwa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: verjandi Italian flag Italian: imputato Japanese flag Japanese: 被告
Korean flag Korean: 피고인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaltinamasis Latvian flag Latvian: apsūdzētais
Malay flag Malay: defendan Dutch flag Dutch: beklaagde Norwegian flag Norwegian: anklagede, saksøkte
Polish flag Polish: oskarżony, pozwany Persian flag Persian: متهم؛ مدعی علیه Pashto flag Pashto: (حق) مدافعه كوونكى، متهم،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: réu Romanian flag Romanian: acuzat, inculpat, pârât Russian flag Russian: обвиняемый; ответчик
Slovak flag Slovak: obžalovaný, -á Slovenian flag Slovenian: obtoženec Serbian flag Serbian: optuženi
Swedish flag Swedish: svarande Thai flag Thai: จำเลย Turkish flag Turkish: sanık, davalı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 被告 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відповідач; підсудний Urdu flag Urdu: وہ شخص جس کے خلاف دعوی یا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bị cáo Chinese flag Chinese: 被告

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