单词 | claimant |
释义 | claimantn. 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. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right > one who claimerc1440 pretensary1594 claimant1747 the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who makes a demand or claim claimerc1440 plucker awayc1460 demandera1533 demandant1590 pretender1598 pretendant1600 claimant1747 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff > claimant claimerc1440 demandant1485 recoverer1515 cognizee1531 titler1584 conusee1602 recoveror1628 claimant1747 demandeur1818 vindicant1880 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 556 (heading) Claimants, upon the act for abolishing heretable jurisdiction [in Scotland], with the sums demanded. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. ⁋7 The obstacles which..obstruct the first attempts of a new claimant. 1785 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 35 I have no doubt that there are some fair and legal claimants on the public revenue. 1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 25 June 558/3 The first English claimant of a dramatic reputation. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 152 Reason and wisdom..are the very claimants, if not for the first, at least for the second place. 1883 Congregationalist 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. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > one claiming state allowance claimant1923 welfare family1932 susso1947 welfare mother1962 1923 Rep. 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. 1946 Act 9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 62 § 88(1) ‘Claimant’ means a person claiming benefit. 1957 Whitaker's Almanack 1122 The claimant must have paid 26 Class i contributions since July 5, 1948. 1970 New 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. 1977 Undercurrents June 11/3 Discount could perhaps be given to members of associated (low-wage) projects, as well as to claimants and pensioners. 1986 N.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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1747 |
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