"claimer" meaning in English

See claimer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: claimers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English claim Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English claimer From claim + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|claim|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English claim Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English claimer [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "claimer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="claimer"> From claim + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} claimer (plural claimers)
  1. A person who makes a claim; a claimant. Translations (A person who makes a claim; a claimant): مُدَّعٍ (muddaʕin) [masculine] (Arabic), مُدَّعِيَة (muddaʕiya) [feminine] (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-claimer-en-noun-gv6XgCjX Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'A person who makes a claim; a claimant': 94 3 1 2
  2. A pretender to a royal title.
    Sense id: en-claimer-en-noun-yZraNd6b
  3. A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards.
    Sense id: en-claimer-en-noun-Qd3ELFBM
  4. A claiming race.
    Sense id: en-claimer-en-noun-s7It4yRO Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 8 5 16 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 14 7 15 64 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 14 7 15 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 15 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 8 6 16 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 7 16 69 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 6 16 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 16 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 16 79 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 14 8 16 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 8 18 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: counterclaimer

Inflected forms

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