defendant
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪˈfɛnd.ənt/
defendant
- Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- circa 1598 William Shakespeare, Henry V (play), Act II, Scene 4,
- 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;
- circa 1598 William Shakespeare, Henry V (play), Act II, Scene 4,
defendant (plural defendants)
- (legal) 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.
- (legal) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
- (in civil proceedings) plaintiff, claimant
- (in criminal proceedings) prosecutor
- French: inculpé, inculpée, défendeur, défenderesse
- German: Angeklagter, Angeklagte, Angeschuldigter, Angeschuldigte, Beschuldigter, Beschuldigte, Beklagter, Beklagte
- Italian: imputato, imputata, accusato, accusata
- Portuguese: réu, ré, acusado, acusada
- Russian: обвиня́емый
- Spanish: acusado, acusada
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