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Plural of plaintiff

regular plural

The plural of plaintiff is plaintiffs.

Forms of plaintiff

Singularplaintiff /ˈpleɪntɪf/
Pluralplaintiffs
Countablecountable

Plaintiffs in a sentence

  • The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.From the entry merits
  • The plaintiffs not appearing, the writ of error was nonprossed.From the entry nonpros
  • Indeed, the plaintiffs suggest that they may not need to call Ms.2019 July 2, Ward K. Branch, “Gordon v. Canada, 2017 FC 454”, in CanLII, retrieved 13 Apr 2021. From the entry discover
  • The court of the first instance issued the judgement partly awarding monetary compensation for the plaintiffs.2016, Waseda Bulletin of Comparative Law Vol. 34. From the entry State of Japan
  • Defendants argued that plaintiffs' allegations of hostile discrimination are entirely conclusionary.1967, Federal Supplement. From the entry conclusionary

Meaning of plaintiff

  1. noun A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

Full definition of plaintiff

Questions about the plural of plaintiff

What is the plural of plaintiff?
The plural of plaintiff is plaintiffs.
Is plaintiff countable?
Plaintiff is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plaintiff (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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