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noun

a person who makes a claim; claimant.
Horse Racing.
- a horse participating in a claiming race.
- claiming race.

Origin of claimer

¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at claim, -er¹

Other words from claimer

pre·claim·er, noun

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How to use claimer in a sentence

The real Haslop was a bounty-claimer, which means that he must have made thousands of planetfalls before crashing here.
Problem on Balak | Roger D. Aycock
In this situation, Britain thought it worth her while to claim them, and the continent received and acknowledged the claimer.
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I | Thomas Paine

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