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claimant

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claim·ant  (klmnt)
n.
A party that makes a claim.

claimant [ˈkleɪmənt]
n
1. a person who makes a claim
2. (Law) a person who brings a civil action in a court of law Formerly called plaintiff Compare defendant [1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.claimant - someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne"
applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
Pretender - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

claimant
noun applicant, pretender, petitioner, supplicant, suppliant the rival claimant to the French throne
Translations
claimant [ˈkleɪmənt] N (in court) → demandante mf (Brit) [of benefit] → solicitante mf; (to throne) → pretendiente mf
claimant [ˈkleɪmənt] n
[benefit] → requérant(e) m/f
(LAW)requérant(e) m/f
claim form n
(for insurance compensation)formulaire m de déclaration de sinistre
(for expenses)note f de frais
(for benefit)formulaire m de demande
claims adjuster claims adjustor [ˈkleɪmzədʒʌstər] n (US) (= insurance adjuster) → expert m en sinistres
claim to fame n
his claim to fame → sa prétention à la gloire
claimant
n (for social security etc) → Antragsteller(in) m(f); (for inheritance etc) → Anspruchsteller(in) m(f) (→ to auf +acc); (Jur) → Kläger(in) m(f); a claimant to a title/throneein Titel-/Thronanwärter m, → eine Titel-/Thronanwärterin
claimant [ˈkleɪmənt] n (to social benefit) → richiedente m/f; (in court) → citante m/f; (to throne) → pretendente m/f
claimant [ˈkleɪmənt] n (to social benefit) → richiedente m/f; (in court) → citante m/f; (to throne) → pretendente m/f


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"Then," said the Successful Claimant, "what good has all this litigation done me?
Hearing this, the others honourably abstained, and the claimant ate the Shepherd all himself.
No plan offered itself: the very exhibition of any desire to keep him would have rendered the claimant more peremptory: there was nothing left but to resign him.
 
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