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Definition: Complainant |
ComplainantNoun1. A person who brings an action in a court of law. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "complainant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Complainant \Com*plain"ant\, noun. [French expression complaignant, present participle of complaindre.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ComplainantSynonym: plaintiff (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: defendant (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Complainant |
| English words defined with "complainant": Oratrix ♦ Querent. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "complainant": COMMANDER, INTERNAL AFFAIRS ♦ INVESTIGATOR, INTERNAL AFFAIRS ♦ noise control at the ears of the listeners, noise control at the receiver ♦ That's not a bug, that's a feature!. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Panama | The judge stated that the police in charge were not minors or disabled (and could bring charges), and that the complainant was not their legal representative. (references) |
Mexico | Illegal immigrants rarely file charges in cases of crimes committed against them, because the authorities generally deport immediately such persons who come to their attention; many pending cases brought by illegal immigrants are subject to dismissal because the complainant is no longer present. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Kingdom | Approximately one-third of these cases were closed due to noncooperation or withdrawal by the complainant. (references) |
Women | United Arab Emirates | When abuse is reported to the local police, authorities may take action to protect the complainant. (references) |
Finland | In such cases, the law provides for correction of the situation as well as compensation for the complainant. (references) | |
Ireland | In rape cases, the State brings the case against the accused, with the complainant (victim) acting as a witness. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Zambia | The complainant may appeal a judgment of the IRC to the Supreme Court. (references) |
Malaysia | The Criminal Procedure Code allows certain offenses to be "compounded" with the consent of the complainant, if the perpetrator compensates the victim. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Complainant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.10% of the time. "Complainant" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.1% | 97 | 33,269 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.92% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.98% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 102 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "complainant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | paditës (accuser, claimant, plaintiff, prosecutor), ai që ankohet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملتمس (pleading, solicitor), مدعية, المتذمر (croaker, grouser, growler), المدع (claimant, poseur, pretender, prosecutor, upstart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тъжител (demandant), ищец (claimant, exactor, libellant, plaintiff, prosecution, prosecutor, suitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | reklamant, klager. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reclamant, klager (accuser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مدعی (Actor, Adversary, Attorney, Claimant, Plaintiff, Suitor), عارض (Plaintiff), خواهان (Actor, Candidate, Desirous, Fond, Studious, Wishful), شاکی (Actor, Plaintiff, Squawker), دادخواه (Candidate, Plaintiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | demandeur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Reklamant, Beschwerdeführer (appellant, protester), Beschwerdeführender. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενάγων (plaintiff, suer, suitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתלו ן (complainer, grouser, grumbler, querulous), קובל (plaintiff), בעל "ין (disputant, litigant, opponent, person, plaintiff, suitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | panaszos (demandant, demander, deplorable, lugubrious, orator, plaintiff, plaintive, plangent, pursuer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pendakwa (accuser, plainiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricorrente (recurrent), reclamante (claimant), querelante (plaintiff, prosecutor, prosecutrix), denunciante (signaling), autore di un reclamo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "立人 (petitioner), "し立て人 (petitioner), 告訴人 (plaintiff), 告発者 (plaintiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "くそに" (plaintiff), "くはつしゃ (plaintiff), もうしたてに" (petitioner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shualtagh (appellant, indictable, plaintiff, prosecutor), accanagh (complaining, fretful, grumbler, grumbling, litigious, querulous, suitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omplainantcay reclamante (claimant, protestant), querelante (accuser, plaintiff, prosecutor, pursuer), queixoso (demandant, doleful, plaintiff, plaintive, wailful), autor da denúncia, autor (actor, composer, designer, devisor, former, maker, originator, penman, perpetrator, scribe, writer). (various references) reclamant (accuser, claimant, informant, orator, plaintiff, plugger, respondent, suitor). (various references) жалобщик (moaner), истец (claimant, demandant, petitioner, plaintiff, plf plaintiff, pursuer, suitor). (various references) podnosilac žalbe. (various references) recurrente (recurrent), reclamante (claimant), querellante (appellant, orator, plaintiff), quejumbrante, denunciante (informer), acusador (accuser, inculpatory, prosecutor, reproachful). (various references) kärande (demandant, plaintiff, prosecutor, pursuer). (various references) davacı (claimant, libelant, libellant, litigant, orator, plaintiff, prosecutor, pursuer, suitor, the prosecution), şikâyetçi (disgruntled, grumbling, kicker, malcontent, orator, plaintiff, querulous, remonstrant, repining). (various references) скаржник (accuser, appellant, yelper), позивач (claimant, demandant, exactor, litigant, petitioner, plaintiff, pursuer, suitor). (various references) người thưa kiện (applicant). (various references) achwynyddes, achwynwr (complainer, grumbler, plaintiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | postulator. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "complainant": complainants. (additional references) | |
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"Complainant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: complainaint, complaintant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "complainant" (pronounced kumplā"nunt) |
| 4 | -n u n t | abstinent, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, immanent, imminent, impertinent, incontinent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, repugnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, stagnant, subcontinent, tenant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-n-n-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: noncapital. | |
-2 letters: complaint, compliant, nonimpact, palmation, placation, planation. | |
-3 letters: anatomic, atomical, calamint, cantonal, claimant, complain, lipomata, mannitol, national, plantain, platonic, pointman, talapoin. | |
-4 letters: actinal, actinon, alation, anconal, animato, antiman, antlion, apomict, campion, cannoli, cantina, capital, capitol, captain, caption, clamant, coalpit, complin, contain, implant, lampion, limacon, maintop, manioca, matinal, nominal, oilcamp, optical, optimal, paction, pintano. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-n-n-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: complainants. | |
+3 letters: compensational. | |
+4 letters: nonmetaphorical, plainclothesman. | |
+5 letters: companionability, monosynaptically, municipalization, noncomparability. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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