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antidefendant

antidefendant adjective: opposing the defendant (as in a legal trial).

Adjective

antidefendant (not comparable)

  1. Opposing the defendant (as in a legal trial).

Origin of antidefendant

From anti- + defendant.

Questions about antidefendant

What does antidefendant mean?
Antidefendant means opposing the defendant (as in a legal trial).
What part of speech is antidefendant?
Antidefendant is an adjective.

Words near antidefendant in the dictionary

  1. antidecuplet
  2. antidecuplets
  3. antideer
  4. antidefamation
  5. antidefence
  6. antidefendant
  7. antidefense
  8. antideferral
  9. antideficiency
  10. antideficit
  11. antideflation

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