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CLAIMANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who claims a benefit or right or title
Example:
he was a claimant to the throne
Classified under:
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)