Princeton's WordNet

1. claimant(noun)

   someone who claims a benefit or right or title

   "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne"

Wiktionary

1. claimant(Noun)

   One who claims; one who makes a claim.

2. claimant(Noun)

   A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.

3. claimant(Noun)

   The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

Origin: and clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from clamo.

Webster Dictionary

1. Claimant(noun)

   one who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer

• aanspraakmakerAfrikaans
• مُطالِبٌ بِحَق، مُدَّعٍArabic
• ищецBulgarian
• pretendentePortuguese (BR)
• uchazečCzech
• der/die Antragsteller(in)German
• fordringshaverDanish
• διεκδικητήςGreek
• demandante, pretendienteSpanish
• nõudlejaEstonian
• مدعی؛ خواهانFarsi
• anojaFinnish
• prétendant/-anteFrench
• תוֹבֵעHebrew
• दावेदारHindi
• tražilacCroatian
• igénylőHungarian
• penuntutIndonesian
• kröfuhafi, krefjandiIcelandic
• pretendenteItalian
• 要求者Japanese
• 요구(청구)인Korean
• pareiškėjas, ieškovas, pretendentasLithuanian
• prasītājs; pretendentsLatvian
• pihak menuntutMalay
• eiser, pretendentDutch
• fordringshaver, kravsmann; pretendentNorwegian
• roszczący pretensje, pretendentPolish
• مدعی؛ خواهانPersian
• مدعیPashto
• pretendentePortuguese
• reclamant; pre­ten­dentRomanian
• претендентRussian
• uchádzač, -kaSlovak
• terjalec, pretendentSlovenian
• potraživalacSerbian
• person som gör anspråk, fordringsägare, [rätts]sökande, pretendentSwedish
• ผู้ที่เรียกร้องสิทธิThai
• hak talep eden kişiTurkish
• 要求者，要償人，認領人，有所有權或繼承權的人Chinese (Trad.)
• претендентUkrainian
• دعوے دارUrdu
• người đòi hỏiVietnamese
• 要求者，申请者，申索人，索偿人Chinese (Simp.)