Noun: claimant kley-munt
- Someone who makes a claim for a benefit, right, or title
"There were many claimants for unemployment compensation"
- [Brit] (law) a person who brings an action in a court of law
"in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the claimant from collecting damages";
- plaintiff, complainant
Sounds like: clamant
Derived forms: claimants
Type of: applicant, applier, litigant, litigator
Encyclopedia: Claimant