Meanings
plural 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.[…]”
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 - UKA person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinclāmō“to cry out”
- Anglo-Normanclamant
- Englishclaimant
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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Arabic مُدَّعٍ, مُدَّعِيَة
- مُدَّعٍ (muddaʕin)one who claims
- مُدَّعِيَة (muddaʕiya)one who claims
Bulgarian ищец
- ищец (ištec)one who claims
Chinese Mandarin 聲索人 /声索人
- 聲索人 /声索人 (shēngsuǒrén)one who claims
Finnish vaatija, kantaja
- vaatijaone who claims
- kantajaone who claims
French prétendant
- prétendantone who claims
Hindi याचक
- याचक (yācak)one who claims
Italian pretendente, richiedente
- pretendenteone who claims
- richiedenteone who claims
- rivendicatoreone who claims
- istanteperson receiving money from the government
- richieditoreperson receiving money from the government
- richiedenteperson receiving money from the government
Māori kaikerēme
- kaikerēmeone who claims
Spanish actor
- actorone who claims
Tagalog naghahabol
- naghahabolone who claims
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with claimant
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Cite this entry
claimant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimant
“claimant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “claimant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimant.
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