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claimant

claimant

15 5.1
A person who asks for money or a right they say is theirs
  • noun
  • /ˈkleɪmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reclamante
  • The Korean local court allowed the claimant to arrest the vessel.
  • claimants' lawyer
  • residual claimant
  • percentage of claimants

What is being done to protect the mental health of claimants?

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Examples

  • The settlement treated all claimants equally, without regard to the date of injury, which troubled the Court.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Put another way, consider two claimants who both were harmed by taking a blood pressure medication.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Can you tell me who the claimant was, Rose?

    Titanic (1997)

  • The panel will also accept additional information from the original claimant and any third party.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Similarly, the final report is released to the claimant and the public only after the directors' final decision.

    Academic text (1994)

  • We will continue to encourage claimants to prepare and look for work where it is safe to do so.

  • The benefit will respond to the claimants' initiatives and personal career plan.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Feinberg measures success by the percentage of claimants who sign on.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Currently, the vast majority of mass tort settlements require a very high percentage of claimants to opt in.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The claimant provided all necessary documents to support their request for compensation.

Synonyms

complainant
vsclaimant
  • Formal
19 7.0

A person who makes a legal claim in court against someone

typically seeks benefits, rights, or titles rather than suing someone in court
claimer
vsclaimant
1 4.7

A person who asks for money or property that they say belongs to them

focuses on asking for benefits, official rights, or titles rather than possessions
preferrer
vsclaimant
  • Formal
8.2

A person who brings a complaint or petition to an authority

is used for asking for benefits, rights, or titles rather than for formal petitions

How Forceful

insister
6.6
asseverator
  • Formal
9.9
asserter
7.1
claimant
  • Specialized
15 5.1
commentator
  • Literature
217 3.5
speaker
478 2.1

Surface Forms

claimant singular
claimants plural

Morphology

claimant = claim (transparent) = claim + ant

The word 'claimant' is transparently derived from 'claim' with the addition of the suffix '-ant', indicating a person who claims.

Etymology

Claimant comes from claim + -ant, and claim goes back to a Latin root meaning 'to call out', as you can see in words like proclaim and exclaim. So a claimant is literally 'one who calls' for a right or benefit, in other words a person who makes a claim.