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noun

Contender n. One who contends; a contestant.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Contender" Quotes from Famous Books

... was her mother's lieutenant. All the children knew that they must obey Anna, who was an obstinate contender for proprieties and not always fair minded. To see the young Kronborgs headed for Sunday School was like watching a military drill. Mrs. Kronborg let her children's minds alone. She did not pry into their thoughts ...

— Song of the Lark • Willa Cather

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... the very essence of the artist and the art-lover. Now in the drama of Thespis there was at first, we are told, but one actor; later AEschylus added a second. It is clear who this actor, this protagonist or "first contender" was, the one actor with the double part, who was Death to be carried out and Summer to be carried in. He was the Bough-Bearer, the only possible actor in the one-part play of the renewal of life and ...

— Ancient Art and Ritual • Jane Ellen Harrison

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... Cup was to be challenged for, into the breach stepped the Earl of Dunraven and flung his gage to the holders of the trophy. This distinguished Irish nobleman furnished a contender in his Valkyrie II. in the fall of 1893, and his patriotic spirit in doing so stirred the sport-loving Irish nation to the greatest enthusiasm. His lordship was not successful, but he was not disheartened. He tried ...

— The Glories of Ireland • Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

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Words linked to "Contender" : enemy, finalist, contestant, tier, world-beater, foe, scratch, favorite, competitor, queen, semifinalist, rival, champ, champion, tilter, favourite, second best