: 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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What To Know Social Security claimants in Vermont and Utah could end up with some extra cash in their pockets if two separate proposals become law.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The fires underscore this failure, but no policy that apportions the state’s supply among those claimants could have saved the communities destroyed by fire over the last week.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Becker said that claimant must answer a handful of interview questions with the officers.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
More on claimants waiting on benefits:Years post-pandemic, some out-of-work Michiganders are waiting on unemployment benefits
Dale spearheaded efforts to overhaul the agency's unemployment benefits system, a major source of many of these issues.
—Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The fires underscore this failure, but no policy that apportions the state’s supply among those claimants could have saved the communities destroyed by fire over the last week.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Becker said that claimant must answer a handful of interview questions with the officers.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
More on claimants waiting on benefits:Years post-pandemic, some out-of-work Michiganders are waiting on unemployment benefits
Dale spearheaded efforts to overhaul the agency's unemployment benefits system, a major source of many of these issues.
—Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Claimant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claimant. Accessed 22 Jan. 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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