1. (n.) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.

2. (a.) See Plaintive.

accessory accusant accuser allegator appellant bitter-ender brawler claimant complainant defendant delator diehard disputant dissentient dissident impeacher impugner indictor informer intransigent irreconcilable last-ditcher libelant litigant litigationist litigator naysayer negativist noncooperator objector obstructionist obstructive opposer oppositionist panel parties litigant party petitioner prosecutor protester quarreler resister scrapper suitor the prosecution witness wrangler