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Meaning of CLAMANT

Pronunciation:  'kleymunt

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
  2. [adj]  conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
 
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 Synonyms: blatant, clamorous, crying, exigent, imperative, insistent, instant, noisy, strident, vociferous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cla"mant\, a. [L. clamans, p. pr. of clamare to call.
Cf. {Claimant}.]
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. ``Clamant
children.'' --Thomson.
 
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