complainant:
(also ‘complainer‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a complainant showing his damaged car
a person (a group of people, a company, etc.) that says (complains) in a court of law that somebody or something is causing some harm or is cheating or is stealing something or somebody from him/her in a court of law;
a person or organisation that complains or files a charge on somebody or something ;
a plaintiff,
a complainant (L) accusing the man
A complainant who files a case or who brings an action against someone in a court of law is usually informed of the progress of the case, and may be asked to give more information from time to time.
Every complainant must make his/her compliant formally filling up an official form, and in case the complainant needs some help in filling the complaint form, he/she can take the help of a complaints officer.
When there are several complaints from many complainants, the public service office has immediately assigned a special officer to deal with the situation.
a complainer (R) complaining about food
