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单词 plaintiff
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plaintiff

(pleɪntɪf)
Word forms: plural plaintiffs
countable noun
A plaintiff is a person who brings a legal case against someone in a court of law.

plaintiff in British English

(ˈpleɪntɪf)
noun
(formerly) a person who brings a civil action in a court of law
Now replaced by: claimant. Compare defendant (sense 1)
Word origin
C14: from legal French plaintif, from Old French plaintif (adj) complaining, from plainte plaint

plaintiff in American English

(ˈpleɪntɪf)
noun
a person who brings a suit into a court of law; complainant
Word origin
ME plaintif < OFr, mournful, making complaint < plaindre < plainte: see plaint

Examples of 'plaintiff' in a sentence
plaintiff

The case gained plaintiffs as students finished their studies and new students signed on.
Christianity Today (2000)
Yesterday was the turn of the civil plaintiffs in the case.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
plaintiff

British English: plaintiff NOUN
A plaintiff is a person who brings a legal case against someone in a court of law.
...the lead plaintiff of the lawsuit.
  • American English: plaintiff
  • Brazilian Portuguese: querelante
  • Chinese: 原告
  • European Spanish: demandante
  • French: plaignant
  • German: Kläger
  • Italian: attore
  • Japanese: 原告
  • Korean: 원고
  • European Portuguese: querelante
  • Latin American Spanish: demandante

Chinese translation of 'plaintiff'

plaintiff

(ˈpleɪntɪf) (Law)

n (c)

  1. 原告 (yuángào) (名, míng)
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