codefendant

Any of several defendants answering the same charge.

Noun

  1. Any of several defendants answering the same charge.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English defendant English codefendant From co- + defendant.

Forms

codefendants co-defendant