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 Definitions of plaintiff  [ˈpleɪn tɪf]  

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

1. (n.) plaintiff
one who brings a legal action or suit in a court

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME, n. use of plaintifplaintive)

Definition of 'plaintiff' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) plaintiff, complainant
a person who brings an action in a court of law


Definition of 'plaintiff' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) plaintiff
see Plaintive

2. (noun) plaintiff
one who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant


Translation of 'plaintiff' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who starts a legal case against another.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanklaer Arabic flag Arabic: مُدَّعي، مُقَدِّم الدَّعْ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тъжител
Brazilian flag Brazilian: queixoso Czech flag Czech: žalobce, navrhovatel, -ka German flag German: der Kläger
Danish flag Danish: sagsøger Greek flag Greek: ενάγων Spanish flag Spanish: demandante, querellante
Estonian flag Estonian: hageja Farsi flag Farsi: خواهان Finnish flag Finnish: kantaja
French flag French: plaignant/-ante Hebrew flag Hebrew: תוֹבֵע Hindi flag Hindi: वादी, मुद्दई
Croatian flag Croatian: tužitelj, podnositelj tuž Hungarian flag Hungarian: felperes Indonesian flag Indonesian: penggugat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stefnandi Italian flag Italian: querelante Japanese flag Japanese: 原告
Korean flag Korean: 원고 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ieškovas Latvian flag Latvian: prasītājs
Malay flag Malay: plaintif Dutch flag Dutch: aanklager Norwegian flag Norwegian: saksøker
Polish flag Polish: powód Persian flag Persian: خواهان Pashto flag Pashto: غوښتونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: queixoso Romanian flag Romanian: reclamant Russian flag Russian: истец
Slovak flag Slovak: žalobca Slovenian flag Slovenian: tožnik Serbian flag Serbian: tužilac
Swedish flag Swedish: kärande, målsägare Thai flag Thai: โจทก์ Turkish flag Turkish: davacı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 原告,起訴人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: позивач; позивачка Urdu flag Urdu: مدعي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nguyên đơn Chinese flag Chinese: 原告

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