litigant

litigant
/lit"i geuhnt/, n.
1. a person engaged in a lawsuit.
adj.
2. litigating; engaged in a lawsuit.
[1630-40; < L litigant- (s. of litigans, prp. of litigare to go to law), equiv. to lit- (s. of lis) a lawsuit + -ig- (comb. form of agere to carry on) + -ant- -ANT]

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