Appellant

1. n. One who appeals or entreats.
2. a. Relating to an appeal; appellate.
3. n. One who accuses another of felony or treason.
4. n. One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
5. n. A challenger.
6. n. One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.