: 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
Assuming about half of the individual claimants would qualify, lawyers expect that those who had prescriptions for at least six months would receive about $16,000 each and those who had them more briefly would get around $8,000, before legal fees that would reduce what people actually receive.
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NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
The first class of eligible claimants includes AT&T customers who were impacted in the March 30, 2024 data breach.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
Burrows' previous comments were highlighted in some of the claimants' witness statements.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth’s determination not to settle the succession gave rise to fierce rivalry between the claimants to the English throne, among them Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI; James’s cousin Arbella Stuart; Lady Katherine Grey and her descendants; and Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
The first class of eligible claimants includes AT&T customers who were impacted in the March 30, 2024 data breach.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
Burrows' previous comments were highlighted in some of the claimants' witness statements.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth’s determination not to settle the succession gave rise to fierce rivalry between the claimants to the English throne, among them Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI; James’s cousin Arbella Stuart; Lady Katherine Grey and her descendants; and Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Claimant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claimant. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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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
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