contestant

contestant
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • contestant — con·tes·tant n: one that initiates or participates in a contest Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. contestant I …   Law dictionary

  • contestant — contestánt adj. m., pl. contestánţi; f. sg. contestántă, pl. contestánte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  CONTESTÁNT, Ă adj. care discută, pledează. (< fr. contestant) …   Dicționar Român

  • Contestant — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contestant — contestant, ante [ kɔ̃tɛstɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] n. et adj. • 1678; de contester ♦ Rare Personne qui conteste. ⇒ contestataire. Les contestants de tous bords. Adj. Personnalité contestante. Dr. Les parties contestantes. ⇒CONTESTANT, ANTE, part. prés., adj. et …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contestant — contestant, ante (kon tè stan, stan t ) adj. 1°   Qui conteste en justice. Les parties contestantes.    En général, qui dispute. •   J entends de ces esprits que Montaigne déteste, Misanthropes, chagrins, lâches, présomptueux, Contestants,… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • contestant — CONTESTANT, ANTE. adjectif. Celui, celle qui conteste en justice. Les Parties contestantes. [b]f♛/b] Il se prend aussi substantivement. Les deux contestans …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • contestant — [n] competitor adversary, antagonist, aspirant, battler, candidate, challenger, combatant, contender, contester, dark horse*, disputant, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, scrapper*, team member, warrior; concept 366 …   New thesaurus

  • contestant — Contestant, [contest]ante. adj. v. Celuy qui conteste en justice. Les deux contestants. les parties contestantes …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • contestant — ► NOUN ▪ a person who takes part in a contest …   English terms dictionary

  • contestant — [kən test′ənt] n. [Fr] 1. one that competes in a contest 2. a person who contests a claim, decision, etc …   English World dictionary

  • contestant — {{11}}contestant (adj.) 1660s, from Fr. contestant, prp. of contester (see CONTEST (Cf. contest) (v.)). {{12}}contestant (n.) one who contests, from CONTESTANT (Cf. contestant) (adj.). Popularized in U.S. Civil War, when it was a journalist s… …   Etymology dictionary

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