• (British) IPA: /əˈpɛln̩t/

appellant (not comparable)

1. (law) of or relating to appeals; appellate

   • An appellant jurisdiction.

2. in the process of appealing
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance)​​, William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i], page 23 ↗, column 1:

     Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech,
     In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue,
     Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince,
     And free from other misbegotten hate,
     Come I appealant to rhis [sic] Princely preſence.

appellant (plural appellants)

1. (law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court

   The appellant made her submissions to the court.

   Synonyms: plaintiff in error

2. One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
3. (obsolete) One who challenges another to single combat.
4. (historical) One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.

• French: appelant
• Portuguese: apelante
• Spanish: apelante