Accusants

/əˈkjuːzənts/ noun

Definition

Plural of accusant; multiple people who accuse or bring charges against others.

Etymology

Plural of accusant, using the standard English -s suffix on the Latin-derived word. This preserves the formal legal register of accusant.

Kelly Says

This word really shows how English borrowed formal legal terminology from Latin but then applied English plural rules to it—mixing languages at the grammatical level!

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