claimer

claimer

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Etymology

    From claim + -er.

    Noun

    claimer (plural claimers)

    1. A person who makes a claim; a claimant.
    2. A pretender to a royal title.
    3. A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards.
    4. A claiming race.
      • 2002, Paul D. Siegel, How to Own Winning Standardbred Racehorses, page 61:
        He did not have a proper claiming authorization on file, and contended that the trainer had not asked his permission to enter the horse in a claimer.

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