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reclaimant

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re⋅claim⋅ant

  [ri-kley-muhnt]
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–noun
a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
Origin:
1740–50; reclaim + -ant
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re·claim   (rĭ-klām')   
tr.v.   re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims

  1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.

  2. To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products.

  3. To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform. See Synonyms at save1.

  4. To tame (a falcon, for example).


[Middle English reclamen, to call back, from Old French reclamer, to entreat, from Latin reclāmāre : re-, re- + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
re·claim'a·ble adj., re·claim'ant, re·claim'er n.
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