"claimant" meaning in English

See claimant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkleɪ.mənt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-claimant.wav [UK] Forms: claimants [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmənt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|xno|clamant}} Anglo-Norman clamant, {{m|fro|clamer}} clamer, {{der|en|la|clāmō||to cry out}} Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), {{suffix|en|claim|ant}} claim + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} claimant (plural claimants)
  1. One who claims; one who makes a claim. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who claims): مُدَّعٍ (muddaʕin) [masculine] (Arabic), مُدَّعِيَة (muddaʕiya) [feminine] (Arabic), ищец (ištec) (Bulgarian), 聲索人 (Chinese Mandarin), 声索人 (shēngsuǒrén) (Chinese Mandarin), vaatija (Finnish), kantaja [law] (Finnish), prétendant (French), pretendente [masculine] (Italian), richiedente [masculine] (Italian), rivendicatore [masculine] (Italian), kaikerēme (Maori), actor (Spanish), naghahabol (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-claimant-en-noun-Xfcni-oY Disambiguation of People: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of 'one who claims': 84 7 9
  2. (UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar. Tags: UK Categories (topical): People Translations (person receiving money from the government): istante [masculine] (Italian), richieditore [masculine] (Italian), richiedente (Italian)
    Sense id: en-claimant-en-noun-zv6F-sIK Disambiguation of People: 38 26 36 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 70 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of 'person receiving money from the government': 7 87 6
  3. (law) The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court. Categories (topical): Law, People
    Sense id: en-claimant-en-noun-aolTWNVu Disambiguation of People: 38 26 36 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: non-claimant, nonclaimant, pro-claimant

Inflected forms

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