Synonyms for defendant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-fen-duh nt or especially in court for 1, -dant

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛn dənt or especially in court for 1, -dænt

Définition of defendant

Origin : c.1400, in the legal sense, from French défendant, present participle of défendre (see defend). Earliest use in English was as a present participle adjective meaning "defending" (c.1300).

noun accused

Example sentences :

In all this Eleazer had the air of conducting the case for the defendant.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

And you, Cabasse, have you nothing to say either for or against the defendant?
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Rufus Choate represented the defendant and Daniel Webster the plaintiff.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

The witness remembered how at the inquiry the defendant Ray had defended his accomplice.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Then tell the court how you came to identify the defendant as Drayton.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Was it really necessary that the defendant should be called?
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Did any one accompany the defendant to St. Pancras that night?
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

The defendant in the present action was not the man whom he married to the plaintiff.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Counsel rose again, and asked that the defendant's witnesses might be recalled.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

The witness quarreled with the defendant four days ago, and this is his revenge.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

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