Ap-pĕl'lant, n.

noun

n. [Fr. appelant, Lat. appellans, p. pr. of appellare. See APPEAL.]

Sense 1. (Law.) One who appeals, or removes a cause from a lower to a higher tribunal.

Sense 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appeals from the Constitution Unigenitus to a general council. Hook.

☞ Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals;—opposed to respondent, or appellee. Cowell. Tomlins.