English Explanatory Dictionary

movant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.

Word forms

movant movants movent

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English movant From move + -ant.

Derived words

nonmovant
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