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Definition of claimant : One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

Synonyms:

accuser, pretender, complainant, law, plaintiff, owned

candidate, aspirant, seeker, communicant, petitioner, competitor, bidder, hopeful, claimer, applicant, suitor

Usage examples:

• There is a much earlier claimant in the field. - "The Romance of Names", Ernest Weekley.
• When Mataafa, a claimant for the throne of Upolo, was imprisoned by the European powers, Stevenson visited him in prison and gave him tobacco and other gifts to cheer the disconsolate chief. - "Stories of Authors, British and American", Edwin Watts Chubb.
• Only Brother of Lord Northmorland to Marry the Daughter of Dead Canadian Claimant. - "The Golden Silence", C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson.