claimant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
claimant (plural claimants)
- One who claims; one who makes a claim.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in 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. […]”
- (UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
- (law) The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who claims
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person receiving money from the government
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party who initiates a lawsuit — see plaintiff
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