plaintiffn.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪntɪf/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪn(t)ᵻf/

Forms: Middle English playntief, Middle English playntyf, Middle English playntyffe, Middle English pleintif, Middle English pleyntiff, Middle English pleyntyf, Middle English pleyntyff, Middle English–1500s plaintif, Middle English–1500s playntif, 1500s plaintyff, 1500s plantife, 1500s playnetyfe, 1500s playnetyffe, 1500s playntyues (plural), 1500s plentife, 1500s–1600s plainetife, 1500s–1600s plaintife, 1500s–1600s plaintiffe, 1500s–1600s playntife, 1500s– plaintiff, 1600s plainctiff, 1600s plaintiues (plural), 1600s plaintives (plural), 1600s plantives (plural), 1600s plentives (Scottish, plural). Also (in early modern English) represented by the abbreviation pt.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French plaintif.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman plaintif, pleintif and Middle French plaintif (1260 in Old French in sense ‘the party that brings a suit in a court of law’), use as noun of plaintif plaintive adj. Compare plaintive adj.Senses 1b and 1c are apparently not paralleled in French.

a. Law. The party that brings a suit in a court of law; a complainant, a prosecutor. Opposed to defendant.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff

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movant1875

rapper1904

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 14 Ant he þat his þarof ateint, sal ȝelde to þe plaintif his damage double.

a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 84 (MED) Þre somounces schulle be y-maked by þre dayes fulfuld..so þat þe playntyf [v.r. pleynere; Fr. pleintif] to euerych court him profry to þe somaunce procuratour.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 192 (MED) Ther was a strif and a discorde bitwene Margery Dyne, abbesse of Godestowe, playntyf, of that one partie, and Nicholas, Abbot of seynt Iames..on that other partie.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ciij When the plantife had propounded & charged him with iniuries.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. viii. 50 Now in all iudgements necessarily being two parties, the first we call the impleader, suiter, demaunder or demaundaunt and plaintiffe... The other we call the defendant.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 351 Thou shalt be both the Plaintiffe and the Iudge Of thine owne cause.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 219 Plaintife is hee that sueth or complaineth in an Assise, or in an action personall, as in a action of debt, trespasse, deceit, detinue, and such other.

1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. iii. xi. 131 Yet I urg'd it in vain; for an Incident happen'd that was cross and new, that when the Plaintiff was condemn'd for Prevarication, the Defendant was acquitted.

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. v. 225 He will plead for the plaintiff today.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 370 ‘Do you find for the plaintiff, gentlemen, or for the defendant?’ ‘For the plaintiff.’

1888 Daily News 17 July 5/2 In Scotland a complainant is a complainer..and a plaintiff a pursuer.

1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 41 I saw the lawyer for the plaintiff approaching and thought I was going to be lectured.

1995 V. Parsons Bad Blood xiii. 235 Some plaintiffs intended to carry through their suits to the end; others saw it as a pressure tactic to get the provinces to the negotiating table.

†b. gen. A person who complains, a complainer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains

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grouser1885

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gruntler1893

grump1900

grouch1901

screamer1902

Moaning Minnie1934

narker1937

binder1944

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 1108 (MED) Among alle stories to tell þe pitous caas Of woful pleyntiffs..myn auctour, Iohn Bochas, Was meued..To write the falle of Calistenes.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Nn.vij If I had as muche knowlage, where to complayne to the, as thou haste power to remedye the playntife.

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 254 But in this, which toucheth neerest clamourous plaintiues, how may the people bee excused?

1672 J. Howe Vanity Mortal Life 2 Besides the evil which had already befaln the Plaintiff [the writer of the 89th Psalm], a farther danger nearly threatened him.

†c. A person who ‘complains’ of illness; an invalid. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun]

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1633 J. Hart Κλινικη iii. xi. 270 Many of these plantives..will often in their need, sooner have recourse to some ignorant Empericke.

2. figurative and in extended use.

ΚΠ

1589 J. Anger Her Protection for Women Pref. sig. A2 I hope you will rather show your selues defendantes of the defenders title, then complainantes of the plaintifes wrong.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vii. 107 Since the Decision he mentioned was much more equitable than many Decrees among us: Because the Plaintiff and Defendant there lost nothing beside the Stone they contended for.

1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots iii. i. 45 I'll be so. Yet ne'er fold the plaintiff to my bosom, Until her character..Appears as new-fall'n snow.

1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë 118 Confession is the bitterest penalty When wrongèd Love is plaintiff.

1973 L. Durrell Coll. Poems (1985) 333 Dark plaintiff of the courtly love how wisely Your reason has subdued the heart's long pace.

2000 R. Williams Lost Icons (2002) iii. 116 As claimant or plaintiff, the oppressed, silenced self is simply a sign of another's guilt.

Compounds

Appositive, as plaintiff company, plaintiff-deponent, etc.

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1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. ix. 473 Mendacity-serving information from him to the plaintiff-deponent.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 9/1 The company in respect of whom the licence was assigned was not the present plaintiff company.

1903 Mr. Justice Byrne 20 Nov.–14 Dec. in Repts. Patent & Trade Mark Cases XXI. 69 The word Tabloid has become so well-known..in consequence of the use of it by the Plaintiff firm in connection with their compressed drugs that I think it has acquired a secondary sense.

1965 Mod. Law Rev. 28 v. 587 The management of the plaintiff company.

1996 Times 13 Nov. 35/2 The plaintiff landlord could not..recover the cost of repairs directly from the subtenant as there was no privity of contract or estate between them.

Derivatives

'plaintiffship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff > position of

'plaintiffship1833

1833 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 18 Those who had signed an agreement to bear Murray harmless through his plaintiffship.

1881 Times 7 Nov. 4/3 Subsidiary point arose in the course of the argument as to the proper plaintiffship in this case—whether plaintiff was entitled to sue as being the actual subscriber in his own person.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	plaintiff
释义	plaintiffn. Brit. /ˈpleɪntɪf/, U.S. /ˈpleɪn(t)ᵻf/ Forms: Middle English playntief, Middle English playntyf, Middle English playntyffe, Middle English pleintif, Middle English pleyntiff, Middle English pleyntyf, Middle English pleyntyff, Middle English–1500s plaintif, Middle English–1500s playntif, 1500s plaintyff, 1500s plantife, 1500s playnetyfe, 1500s playnetyffe, 1500s playntyues (plural), 1500s plentife, 1500s–1600s plainetife, 1500s–1600s plaintife, 1500s–1600s plaintiffe, 1500s–1600s playntife, 1500s– plaintiff, 1600s plainctiff, 1600s plaintiues (plural), 1600s plaintives (plural), 1600s plantives (plural), 1600s plentives (Scottish, plural). Also (in early modern English) represented by the abbreviation pt. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French plaintif. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman plaintif, pleintif and Middle French plaintif (1260 in Old French in sense ‘the party that brings a suit in a court of law’), use as noun of plaintif plaintive adj. Compare plaintive adj.Senses 1b and 1c are apparently not paralleled in French. 1. a. Law. The party that brings a suit in a court of law; a complainant, a prosecutor. Opposed to defendant. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff cravera1300 actora1325 askera1325 plaintiffa1325 plainer1340 challengera1382 pursuanta1393 follower1397 suer1423 pursuer1430 plainant1437 suitor1454 suit maker1469 complainant1495 plainandc1500 callerc1503 tabler1517 complaintiffc1533 complainer?1542 impleader1583 pledant1599 proceedera1618 querent1720 pulsator1730 demandeur1818 movant1875 rapper1904 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 14 Ant he þat his þarof ateint, sal ȝelde to þe plaintif his damage double. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 84 (MED) Þre somounces schulle be y-maked by þre dayes fulfuld..so þat þe playntyf [v.r. pleynere; Fr. pleintif] to euerych court him profry to þe somaunce procuratour. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 192 (MED) Ther was a strif and a discorde bitwene Margery Dyne, abbesse of Godestowe, playntyf, of that one partie, and Nicholas, Abbot of seynt Iames..on that other partie. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ciij When the plantife had propounded & charged him with iniuries. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. viii. 50 Now in all iudgements necessarily being two parties, the first we call the impleader, suiter, demaunder or demaundaunt and plaintiffe... The other we call the defendant. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 351 Thou shalt be both the Plaintiffe and the Iudge Of thine owne cause. View more context for this quotation 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 219 Plaintife is hee that sueth or complaineth in an Assise, or in an action personall, as in a action of debt, trespasse, deceit, detinue, and such other. 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. iii. xi. 131 Yet I urg'd it in vain; for an Incident happen'd that was cross and new, that when the Plaintiff was condemn'd for Prevarication, the Defendant was acquitted. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. v. 225 He will plead for the plaintiff today. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 370 ‘Do you find for the plaintiff, gentlemen, or for the defendant?’ ‘For the plaintiff.’ 1888 Daily News 17 July 5/2 In Scotland a complainant is a complainer..and a plaintiff a pursuer. 1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 41 I saw the lawyer for the plaintiff approaching and thought I was going to be lectured. 1995 V. Parsons Bad Blood xiii. 235 Some plaintiffs intended to carry through their suits to the end; others saw it as a pressure tactic to get the provinces to the negotiating table. †b. gen. A person who complains, a complainer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains grucchildc1230 grutchera1250 groinera1382 musera1382 plainerc1400 plaintiff?a1439 fretter?1504 complainant1525 complainer1526 repiner1551 grudger1552 moaner1628 grumbler1633 querulist1647 maunderer1653 growler1753 grumbletonian1773 smellfungus1807 crib-biter1809 expostulatora1834 squinny1849 groaner1876 grouser1885 squealer1889 gruntler1893 grump1900 grouch1901 screamer1902 Moaning Minnie1934 narker1937 binder1944 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 1108 (MED) Among alle stories to tell þe pitous caas Of woful pleyntiffs..myn auctour, Iohn Bochas, Was meued..To write the falle of Calistenes. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Nn.vij If I had as muche knowlage, where to complayne to the, as thou haste power to remedye the playntife. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 254 But in this, which toucheth neerest clamourous plaintiues, how may the people bee excused? 1672 J. Howe Vanity Mortal Life 2 Besides the evil which had already befaln the Plaintiff [the writer of the 89th Psalm], a farther danger nearly threatened him. †c. A person who ‘complains’ of illness; an invalid. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] sickc888 lazar1340 sickmanc1340 laborant?a1425 suffererc1450 malade1483 patient1484 lazar-man1552 languisher1599 ruina1616 plaintiff1633 valetudinarist1651 valetudinaire?c1682 valetudinarian1703 invalid1709 infirm1711 invaletudinarian1762 valetudinary1785 complainant1861 aegrotant1865 degenerate1895 1633 J. Hart Κλινικη iii. xi. 270 Many of these plantives..will often in their need, sooner have recourse to some ignorant Empericke. 2. figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1589 J. Anger Her Protection for Women Pref. sig. A2 I hope you will rather show your selues defendantes of the defenders title, then complainantes of the plaintifes wrong. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vii. 107 Since the Decision he mentioned was much more equitable than many Decrees among us: Because the Plaintiff and Defendant there lost nothing beside the Stone they contended for. 1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots iii. i. 45 I'll be so. Yet ne'er fold the plaintiff to my bosom, Until her character..Appears as new-fall'n snow. 1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë 118 Confession is the bitterest penalty When wrongèd Love is plaintiff. 1973 L. Durrell Coll. Poems (1985) 333 Dark plaintiff of the courtly love how wisely Your reason has subdued the heart's long pace. 2000 R. Williams Lost Icons (2002) iii. 116 As claimant or plaintiff, the oppressed, silenced self is simply a sign of another's guilt. Compounds Appositive, as plaintiff company, plaintiff-deponent, etc. ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. ix. 473 Mendacity-serving information from him to the plaintiff-deponent. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 9/1 The company in respect of whom the licence was assigned was not the present plaintiff company. 1903 Mr. Justice Byrne 20 Nov.–14 Dec. in Repts. Patent & Trade Mark Cases XXI. 69 The word Tabloid has become so well-known..in consequence of the use of it by the Plaintiff firm in connection with their compressed drugs that I think it has acquired a secondary sense. 1965 Mod. Law Rev. 28 v. 587 The management of the plaintiff company. 1996 Times 13 Nov. 35/2 The plaintiff landlord could not..recover the cost of repairs directly from the subtenant as there was no privity of contract or estate between them. Derivatives 'plaintiffship n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff > position of 'plaintiffship1833 1833 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 18 Those who had signed an agreement to bear Murray harmless through his plaintiffship. 1881 Times 7 Nov. 4/3 Subsidiary point arose in the course of the argument as to the proper plaintiffship in this case—whether plaintiff was entitled to sue as being the actual subscriber in his own person. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1325
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