Meaning of CONTESTANT
| Pronunciation: | | kun'testunt
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- [n] a person who participates in competitions
- [n] a person who dissents from some established policy
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| | Synonyms: | | dissenter, dissident, objector, protester |
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| | See Also: | | also-ran, athlete, challenger, CO, competition, competitor, conscientious objector, contender, defaulter, entrant, human, individual, jock, long shot, loser, mortal, nonconformist, opponent, opposite, opposition, participant, person, player, political dissident, pothunter, qualifier, recusant, rival, somebody, someone, soul, starter, victor, winner, withdrawer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*test"ant\, n. [Cf. F. contestant.]
One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one
who claims that which has been awarded to another.
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| | Related Terms: | | adversary, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, carouser, combatant, competitor, contender, corrival, cutup, disputant, duelist, emulator, enforcer, entrant, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, frisker, frolicker, funmaker, gamboler, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jouster, knight, merrymaker, militant, opponent, participant, playboy, player, pleasurer, pleasure-seeker, pleasurist, plug-ugly, quarreler, reveler, rioter, rival, rollicker, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, skylarker, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, the field, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, vier, wrangler |
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