A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1605, 1687
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Complainer, Complaner, n. [e.m.E. complainer, -playner (1526), replacing earlier Sc. Complener.] A plaintiff. —1605 Melrose R. Rec. I. i (the deffender to pay to the complaner). 1687 Misc. Spald. C. V. 236 (did strick … the said complainer).