CLAIMANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who claims a benefit or right or title

Example:

he was a claimant to the throne

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("claimant" is a kind of...):

applicant; applier (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claimant"):

Pretender (a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title))

Derivation:

claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)

claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)