claimant

noun

claim·​ant ˈklā-mənt 

: one that asserts a right or title

a claimant to an estate

also : claimer sense 1

Examples of claimant in a Sentence

They are claimants to the dead man's estate.

Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.

a dispute between two claimants to the throne

Recent Examples on the Web

Catarina dos Santos Mota, one of the claimants in that case, said while the ruling did not go their way, the judgment was still a win. —Laura Paddison, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024

Payments will be delivered electronically, either through Venmo, Zelle, an ACH or a virtual prepaid Mastercard, or claimants can request paper checks. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024

Harry, actor Hugh Grant and other claimants now allege that Murdoch and other media executives were complicit in a scheme to conceal and destroy evidence of News Group Newspapers’ misconduct. —Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024

Over the last few decades, China has built up tiny reefs and sandbars far from its shores across the waterway into artificial islands heavily fortified with missiles, runways and weapons systems – sparking outcry from the other claimants. —Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024

This was more true in Iraq than in Syria, and this being the Middle East, there was nothing especially clean about the various claims and claimants. —Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024

In a note to creditors included in his September report, Wirth cautioned that state statutes require unpaid employees to be paid first and most claimants will not be compensated for their losses. —Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024

The settlement agreement also includes payment of $1,500 for each minor claimant represented in the lawsuit, up to $1.5 million, according to attorneys. —Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024

The stories that surround the Irish, Welsh, and other claimants are tenacious, but Whittock makes clear that there is no archaeological or historical proof to support them. —Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

claimant

noun

claim·​ant ˈklā-mənt 

: a person who claims to have a right to something

Legal Definition

claimant

noun

claim·​ant ˈklā-mənt 

: one that asserts a claim especially formally