PLA'INTIF, noun In law, the person who commences a suit before a tribunal, for the recovery of a claim; opposed to defendant.
[Prior uses this word as an adjective, in the French sense, for plaintive, but the use is not authorized.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.