Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The plaintiff in a case of ecclesiastical or admiralty libel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
libellant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun party which has made a
libel (hostile handbill) against a libelant
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Examples
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The divorce-case libelant (as they're called here) was tearfully testifying that, from being accustomed to buying her clothes in the most exclusive shops, she was now reduced to grubbing for baggins at the Baggin Shop.
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