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claimant|ˈkleɪmənt|
[f. claim v. (or n.) + -ant: app. in its origin a quasi Law term, on the analogy of appellant, defendant, etc.; cf. annuitant, chargeant.]
a. One who makes or enters a claim; one who has a claim upon anything.
(The appellation was particularly applied for several years after 1870 to the claimant of the Tichborne baronetcy, whose trial for perjury occupied 188 days of 1873–4.)
1747Gentl. Mag. XVII. 556 Claimants upon the Act for abolishing heritable jurisdiction [in Scotland], with the sums demanded. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 165 ⁋7 The obstacles which..obstruct the first attempts of a new claimant. 1785Burke Corr. (1844) III. 35, I have no doubt that there are some fair and legal claimants on the public revenue. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets (1863) 146 The first English claimant of a dramatic reputation. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 27 Reason and wisdom..are the very claimants, if not for the first, at least for the second place. 1883Congregationalist Sept. 728 Some people think that the notorious Claimant really persuaded himself..that he was Sir Roger Tichborne.
b. spec. One who claims state benefits, esp. for unemployment.
1923Rep. Admin. §18 of Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920 36 in Parl. Papers 1922 (2nd Ser.) II. 1123 By comparing the signatures and other particulars..the principal office is in a position to satisfy itself that the claimant for benefit is the person to whom the corresponding certificate was issued. 1946Act 9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 62 § 88(1) ‘Claimant’ means a person claiming benefit. 1957Whitaker's Almanack 1958 1122 The claimant must have paid 26 Class i contributions since July 5, 1948. 1970New Society 3 Sept. 403/3 The degree of hostility, bitterness and contempt which the Birmingham Claimants' Union are maintaining against the Department of Health and Social Security. 1977Undercurrents June–July 11/3 Discount could perhaps be given to members of associated (low-wage) projects, as well as to claimants and pensioners. 1986N.Y. Times 26 Mar. a22/1 A new and unnecessary hurdle for the thousands of claimants who have been unfairly thrown off the disability rolls. |