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claimer

1 4.7
A person who asks for money or property that they say belongs to them
  • noun
  • /ˈkleɪmər/
translation icon : reclamante
  • Yeah, we got the starter on the fifth and we'll win the maiden claimer easy.
  • a maiden claimer

There's never been, there's never been any reason for these claimers to not claim everything because there's no consequence to that.

Examples

  • The kids all know who's a claimer and who's the big horse.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • It was a $5,000 claimer, and the race was a mile and an eighth.

    Blog text (18)
  • I was picked up, by a man called Silver Claimer Rize.

  • Well, I guess that little horse of theirs turned out to be a glorified claimer after all.

  • You split them up into groups and you teach one group, the stakes horses, something different than you teach the claimers.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • A win against allowance-optional claimers followed on Aug. 30 at nine panels.

    Blog text (22)
  • He is about to ride the favorite, Side Winding, a $4,000 claimer, his fourth of nine mounts for the day.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • There's never been, there's never been any reason for these claimers to not claim everything because there's no consequence to that.

  • Armin's horse, a four-year-old filly named Fortune's Gait, had been a bottom-level maiden claimer, later thrilling by the Cinderella story she turned out to be.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The insurance company received a large number of claims from claimers seeking compensation for their losses.

Synonyms

claimant
vsclaimer
  • Specialized
15 5.1

A person who asks for money or a right they say is theirs

covers everyday requests for money, property, or things thought to belong to them

Surface Forms

claimer singular
claimers plural

Morphology

claimer = claim (transparent) = claim + er

The word 'claimer' is transparently derived from 'claim' with the addition of the agentive suffix '-er'.

Etymology

Claimer is formed from claim plus the agent ending -er. Claim comes from the old Latin word clamare meaning 'to call', so a claimer is someone who 'calls' something theirs or asks for something they say belongs to them.