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Definition of appellant noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

appellant

noun
 
/əˈpelənt/
 
/əˈpelənt/
 (law)
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  1. a person who appeals against a decision made in courtTopics Preferences and decisionsc2, Law and justicec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French apelant, literally ‘appealing’, from the verb apeler, from Latin appellare ‘to address’, based on ad- ‘to’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
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