éilitheoir — meaning in English

English meaning

• complainant noun A person who makes a formal complaint, especially in a legal or official setting.
• plaintiff noun The person who brings a case against someone else in a civil lawsuit.
• pretender noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.

Senses

éilitheoir is used for these senses in English:

• plaintiff (law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
• pretender A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.

Related Irish words