What is another word for claimant?

Pronunciation: [klˈe͡ɪmənt] (IPA)

Claimant is a noun that refers to a person or organization who makes a claim or demand for something that they believe is theirs. There are many synonyms for claimant depending on the context or type of claim being made. Some common synonyms include petitioner, applicant, suitor, plaintiff, contender, demandant, and challenger. In legal terms, a claimant is often referred to as a complainant, appellant, or litigant. In a financial context, a claimant might be called a beneficiary, assignee, or creditor. Overall, each synonym emphasizes different aspects of the person or organization making the claim and can be used interchangeably in most situations.

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Usage examples for Claimant

No one knew anything about her; no one knew where to find her; but at last there comes a claimant in the shape of a girl from one of the Colonies-Canada.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
His quarrel first, last, and always was with a certain rival claimant of power, whose pretended authority he was determined to drive out of the realm, to wit, the Pope.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
"It's a mercy as it is that this other claimant cropped up.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay

Famous quotes with Claimant

  • In the court of reason man is always a claimant and God is always a respondent. The original intention of the reason for creation of God is to make Him as a respondent as and when the need arises. Hence when a man is in trouble his reason tries to save him by acting as an arbitrator; the reason sitting as sole judge asks the man for his claims and makes the God to respond.
    Thiruman Archunan
  • He signed himself prince of this, lord of that, baron of the other thing and claimant to the dukedom of something else.
    Murray Leinster
  • 249, 140, N. D. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, claimant for Yulupa, 3 square leagues, in Sonoma county, granted November 23d, 1844, by Manuel Micheltorena to Miguel Alvarado; claim filed May 31st, 1852, rejected by the commission May 10th, 1854, confirmed by the district court January 21st, 1857, decree reversed by the U. S. supreme court and cause remanded for further evidence, in 22 Howard [63 U. S.] 416.
    Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
  • 250, 321, N. D., 306. Mariano Vallejo, claimant for Petaluma, 10 square leagues, in Sonoma county, granted October 22d, 1843, by Manuel Micheltorena to M. G. Vallejo, (grant) and 5 square leagues, June 22d, 1844, Manuel Micheltorena to M. G. Vallejo (sale the government); claim filed May 31st, 1852, confirmed by the commission May 22d, 1855, by the district court March I6th, 1857, and dismissed July 3d, 1857; containing 66,622.17 acres.
    Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
  • [His reply to the chairman's other stock question, which had previously never failed to embarrass the claimant: "Tell me, Mr. Strachey, what would you do if you saw a German soldier trying to violate your sister?" With an air of noble virtue:] "I would try to get between them."
    Lytton Strachey

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