Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contestant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contestant
n 1: a person who participates in competitions
2: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: {dissenter},
{dissident}, {protester}, {objector}]
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