Definition of CLAIMANT (original) (raw)

: one that asserts a right or title

Examples of claimant in a Sentence

They are claimants to the dead man's estate. Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork. a dispute between two claimants to the throne

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The suit alleges that Phillips would abuse the claimants in his dressing room while recording the incidents with a video camera. —Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024 The claimants allege that the government and army failed to heed warning signs and threats that the shooter made in the months before the shootings. —Ivana Saric, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024 These state guaranty associations will pay claimants in the unlikely event that an insurance company becomes insolvent and cannot pay. —D. Scott Kenik, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Six years before the war began, Scotland’s child queen died without an heir, leaving rival claimants to the throne embroiled in a clash for control of the kingdom. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for claimant