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defendant
English
Alternative forms
- defendaunt (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??f?nd.?nt/
Etymology 1
From Middle English defendaunt (“defending; defending in a suit”), borrowed from Old French defendant, present participle of defendre, from Latin d?fendere.
Adjective
defendant (comparative more defendant, superlative most defendant)
- Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
- Thus comes the English with full power upon us;
- And more than carefully it us concerns
- To answer royally in our defences.
- Therefore the Dukes of Berri and of Bretagne,
- Of Brabant and of Orleans, shall make forth,
- And you, Prince Dauphin, with all swift dispatch,
- To line and new repair our towns of war
- With men of courage and with means defendant;
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
Etymology 2
From Middle English defendaunt (“defendant in a suit; defender”), borrowed from Old French defendant, nominalisation of defendant; see above.
Noun
defendant (plural defendants)
- (law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
- (law) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
Antonyms
- (in civil proceedings): plaintiff, claimant
- (in criminal proceedings): prosecutor
Hypernyms
- litigant
Related terms
- respondent
Translations
Latin
Verb
d?fendant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of d?fend?
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culprit
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k???p??t]
Noun
culprit (plural culprits)
- The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
- I have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.
- (Britain, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:criminal
Related terms
- culpable
- mea culpa
Translations
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