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    CLAIMANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who claims a benefit or right or titleplay

    Example:

    he was a claimant to the throne

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("claimant" is a kind of...):

    applicant; applier (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claimant"):

    Pretender (a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title))

    Derivation:

    claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)

    claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)

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