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# claimant

«claimant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who says they have a right to something, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a claimant, claimants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law, money) A claimant is a person who says they have a right to something, such as money, land or a benefit, and asks for it officially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#m1)

2) (UK) A person who receives or asks for government benefit money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#m2)

3) (old use) A person who says they should be king or queen: a claimant to the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life and the news, a claimant fills in forms to claim money from insurance or from the government; in court a claimant brings a case. In history, two claimants to the throne might fight. Phrases: «benefit claimant», «a claimant to the throne», «the claimant's case».

### examples

- Each claimant must fill in a long form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x1)
- The insurance company paid the claimant for the flood damage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x2)
- The claimant asked the court for money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x3)
- In history, there were two claimants to the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x4)
- Benefit claimants get help from the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x5)
- The lost dog had three claimants, but only one had a photo! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x6)
- The claimant said the land had been his grandmother's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x7)
- "The claimant," said she, "has stated the facts about our agreement correctly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/#x8)

### note

Countable, formal. Related: claim (verb, noun). In UK courts «claimant» replaced the older word «plaintiff» (still used in the USA).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «claimant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/claimant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.