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noun

A person who makes a claim; a claimant.

OriginEnglish claim ← Middle English claimen ← Old French clamer →
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Meanings

nounclaimer (plural claimers)

plural claimers

  1. A person who makes a claim; a claimant.
  2. A pretender to a royal title.
  3. A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards.
  4. A claiming race.

    He did not have a proper claiming authorization on file, and contended that the trainer had not asked his permission to enter the horse in a claimer.

    2002, Paul D. Siegel, How to Own Winning Standardbred Racehorses, page 61

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
claiming race

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kl̥h₁m-
  3. Proto-Italic*klām-
  4. Latinclamāre
  5. Old Frenchclamer
  6. Middle Englishclaimen
  7. Englishclaim
  8. Englishclaimer

From claim + -er.

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Translations

Arabic مُدَّعٍ, مُدَّعِيَة
  • مُدَّعٍ (muddaʕin)A person who makes a claim; a claimant
  • مُدَّعِيَة (muddaʕiya)A person who makes a claim; a claimant
Japanese クレーマー
  • クレーマー (kurēmā)A person who makes a claim; a claimant

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

miraclereclaimMariclemilacreRamciel
Cite this entry
APA

claimer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimer

MLA

“claimer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “claimer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimer.

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