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claimant

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkleɪ.mənt/(UK)

Definition of claimant

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.[…]””
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noun

  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. (UK)A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
  3. The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

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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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