claimant
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claimant
- /ˈkleɪ.mənt/ UK, US
Rhymes with -eɪmənt
Where it comes from
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.
noun claimants
- 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.[…]”
- A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
- The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: accuser, claim, applicant, petitioner, requester, requestor, requisitioner, appellant, complainant, plaintiff, litigant, demand, requiring, recipient, proponent, request
Translations
Every language
noun one who claims
| Español | actor |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 聲索人 /声索人 shēngsuǒrén |
| हिन्दी | याचक yācak |
| Français | prétendant |
| Italiano | pretendente, richiedente, rivendicatore |
| العربية | مُدَّعٍ muddaʕin, مُدَّعِيَة muddaʕiya |
noun person receiving money from the government
| Italiano | istante, richieditore, richiedente |
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title = {claimant},
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