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Claimant

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who claims; one who makes a claim.

    "“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”"

  2. 2
    someone who claims a benefit or right or title wordnet
  3. 3
    A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar. UK
  4. 4
    The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

Etymology

From Old French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), equivalent to claim + -ant. Compare clamant.

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