claimant

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Wikipedia claimant (plural claimants)

1. One who claims; one who makes a claim.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Tremarn Case^[1]:

     “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. (law) The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

Translations

one who claims

• Bulgarian: ищец (bg) (ištec)
• Finnish: vaatija (fi); kantaja (fi) (law)

• French: prétendant (fr)
• Spanish: actor (es)

person receiving money from the government

party who initiates a lawsuit

Anagrams

• calamint