[noun] [C]A claimant is a person who asks for something which they believe belongs to them or which they have a right to.Unemployment offices paid claimants more than £16 million in benefits that they were not entitled to last year.After Sir Edward died, there emerged two claimants to his property.
CLAIMANT
Meaning of CLAIMANT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012