Thesaurus results for CLAIMANT

claimant

noun

as in heir

formal a person who believes that he or she has a right to something (such as an amount of money); a person who claims something They are claimants to their father's estate. Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork. a dispute between two claimants to the throne

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Recent Examples of claimant Meanwhile, after Hanani Publishing attempted to sucker Yas into becoming the face of her late father’s scandal, Yas tells the company head that HP is going to pay the restitution to the embezzlement claimants and then leave her the F alone. —

Nick Caruso, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for claimant