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co-defendant

co-defendant is the alternative spelling of codefendant.

Meaning of codefendant

Noun

codefendant (plural codefendants)

  1. Any of several defendants answering the same charge.

Forms of co-defendant

pluralco-defendants

Origin of co-defendant

From co- + defendant.

Questions about co-defendant

What is co-defendant the alternative spelling of?
Co-defendant is the alternative spelling of codefendant.

Words near co-defendant in the dictionary

  1. co-dancer
  2. co-dancers
  3. co-danthramer
  4. co-danthrusate
  5. co-decision
  6. co-defendant
  7. co-defendants
  8. co-dehydrogenase
  9. co-delivery
  10. co-dependence
  11. co-dependences

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Adapted from Wiktionary: co-defendant (page history and authors); codefendant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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