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contestant

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Noun
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con=test=ant

CIDE DICTIONARY

contestantn. [Cf. F. contestant.].
     One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

contestant, n. a person who takes part in a contest or competition.

THESAURUS

contestant

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, pleasure-seeker, pleasurer, 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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