/lit"i geuhnt/ , n.
1. a person engaged in a lawsuit.
adj.
2. litigating; engaged in a lawsuit.
[ 1630-40; litigant- (s. of litigans, prp. of litigare to go to law), equiv. to lit- (s. of lis ) a lawsuit + -ig- (comb. form of agere to carry on) + -ant- -ANT ]