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claimants

claimants is the plural of claimant.

Meaning of claimant

Noun

claimant (plural claimants)

  1. One who claims; one who makes a claim.
    • “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.[…]”1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening &...
  2. (UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
  3. The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

Questions about claimants

What is claimants the plural of?
Claimants is the plural of claimant.

Words near claimants in the dictionary

  1. claimable
  2. claimables
  3. claimancies
  4. claimancy
  5. claimant
  6. claimants
  7. claime
  8. claimed
  9. claimed someone's life
  10. claimedst
  11. claimee

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