claimant

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkleɪ.mənt/    美 /ˈkleɪ.mənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who claims; one who makes a claim.
    — “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
  2. A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar. UK
  3. The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

词形变化

claimants plural

词汇关系

衍生词
counterclaimant non-claimant nonclaimant proclaimant pro-claimant

词源

From Old French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), equivalent to claim + -ant. Compare clamant.
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