# litigant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/ · frequency rank #70,041

## Definitions
1. A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

## Etymology
From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/litigant