claimant
/ˈkleɪ.mənt/ noun
Forms claimants
- noun One who claims; one who makes a claim.
- noun (UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
- noun (law) The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.
Etymology
From Old French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), equivalent to claim + -ant. Compare clamant.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf.Clamant.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “claimant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details