Search Result for "claimant":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who claims a benefit or right or title;
- Example: "claimants of unemployment compensation"
- Example: "he was a claimant to the throne"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Claimant \Claim"ant\, n. [Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf.
   Clamant.]
   One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
   [1913 Webster]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "claimant":
   accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, applicant, aspirant,
   bidder, candidate, complainant, delator, impeacher, impugner,
   indictor, informer, libelant, party, petitioner, plaintiff,
   postulant, prosecutor, seeker, solicitant, solicitor, suitor,
   suppliant, supplicant, the prosecution