Dictionary

claimant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkleɪ.mənt/ (UK, US)

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.

Meanings

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.[…]” 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

pro-claimant · nonclaimant · proclaimant · counterclaimant · non-claimant

Translations (17)

bg ищец (one who claims) · it pretendente (one who claims) · hi याचक (one who claims) · ar مُدَّعٍ (one who claims) · es actor (one who claims) · it richiedente (one who claims) · mi kaikerēme (one who claims) · cmn 聲索人 /声索人 (one who claims) · it richieditore (person receiving money from the government) · fi kantaja (one who claims) · it istante (person receiving money from the government) · it rivendicatore (one who claims) · tl naghahabol (one who claims) · ar مُدَّعِيَة (one who claims) · fi vaatija (one who claims) · it richiedente (person receiving money from the government) · fr prétendant (one who claims)