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In a court of law, the plaintiff is the person (or company) who starts the case against someone else: they say they were wronged and ask the court to fix it, often with money. The other side is the defendant. You hear plaintiff in civil cases — fights about contracts, accidents, property — not in everyday chat. In a criminal case the state usually brings the charge, so we do not call the person the plaintiff. The word is formal and legal; news and lawyers use it, friends almost never do. It looks a little like , and they are old cousins, but they do not mean the same thing now.
From the word’s history
From Middle English plaintif, from Old French plaintif 'complaining; one who complains', from plaindre.
源自古法文 plaintif「抱怨的人」，和 plaintive 同源。
組成From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman / Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains”), from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.
同家族的字
- plaintivea doublet: same old French source, now a different meaning
- plaintan older word for a lament or complaint, from the same family
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
plaintiffnoun/ˈpleɪntɪf/
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historicallawA party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
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