Reclaimant

re·claim  (r-klm)

tr.v. re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims

1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.

2. To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products.

3. To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform. See Synonyms at save¹.

4. To tame (a falcon, for example).

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[Middle English reclamen, to call back, from Old French reclamer, to entreat, from Latin reclmre : re-, re- + clmre, to cry out; see kel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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re·claima·ble adj.

re·claimant, re·claimer n.