Claimant

Definitions

1. One who claims; one who makes a claim.
2. A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
   UK
3. The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

Equivalents

Examples

““Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward⟳ to with palpitating interest⟳.[…]””

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