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Meaning of CONTESTANT

Pronunciation:  kun'testunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a person who participates in competitions
  2. [n]  a person who dissents from some established policy
 
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 Synonyms: dissenter, dissident, objector, protester
 
 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
 
 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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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