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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, bellyacher, claimant, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, delator, faultfinder, frondeur, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, kicker, kvetch, libelant, malcontent, murmurer, mutterer, party, petitioner, plaintiff, prosecutor, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, sorehead, suitor, the prosecution, whiner
Dictionary Results for complainant:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
complainant
    n 1: a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn:
         plaintiff, complainant] [ant: defendant, suspect]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Complainant \Com*plain"ant\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"ant), n. [F.
   complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.]
   1. One who makes complaint.
      [1913 Webster]

            Eager complainants of the dispute.    --Collier.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law)
      (a) One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
      (b) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff
          at common law.
          [1913 Webster]

                He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the
                town, and the other moiety to the use of the
                complainant.                      --Statutes of
                                                  Mass.
          [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
COMPLAINANT. One who makes a complaint. A plaintiff in a suit in chancery is 
so called. 



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