claimant

[ kley-muh nt ]

/ ˈkleɪ mənt /

a person who makes a claim.

Origin of claimant

First recorded in 1740–50; claim + -ant

pre·claim·ant, noun

His son, the Prince Imperial, was at present far too young to figure as a claimant to the throne.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) |John Holland Rose
The latter was of a slim build, while the claimant was a couple of inches taller and weighed twenty-five stones.

Science and the Criminal |C. Ainsworth Mitchell
The claimant of a military title could best defend it by deeds of daring, and by such William Walker was to prove himself.

By-Ways of War |James Jeffrey Roche
The claimant boy laid such insistent hands on the puppy, and Eddy so resisted, that the little animal yelped loudly.

The Debtor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

The first I knew about it was when it came out in the paper that he had been a claimant.

Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

claimant

/ (ˈkleɪmənt) /

a person who makes a claim

a person who brings a civil action in a court of law Formerly called: plaintiff Compare defendant (def. 1)