: 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
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The agency is also halting a plan to use modern labor market data to help judge whether disability claimants can work, a project that has cost the federal government more than $350 million so far.
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Lisa Rein, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
However eligible claimants will have to wait until July 23, 2026 to submit the claim.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
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.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
How much money can claimants get?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
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Lisa Rein, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
However eligible claimants will have to wait until July 23, 2026 to submit the claim.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
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.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
How much money can claimants get?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for claimant
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“Claimant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claimant. Accessed 3 Dec. 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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