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plaintiff
 
SYLLABICATION:plain·tiff
PRONUNCIATION:  plntf
NOUN: Law The party that institutes a suit in a court.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman pleintif, from Old French plaintif, aggrieved. See plaintive.
 
 
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