Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who contends; a combatant; a disputer; a wrangler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who contends; a contestant.
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- noun Someone who
competes with one or more other people
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the contestant you hope to defeat
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another title contender, Fernando Alonso, had his title hopes thwarted by his inability to pass Vitaly Petrov.
Abu Dhabi circuit is flawed, says McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh James Callow 2010
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Even worse, he absolutely did not sound like a title contender on Sunday.
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Fernando Alonso expects Ferrari to be a title contender in 2012.
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But three years after the arrival of Rivers, when Boston became a title contender by acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, Pierce was a fully formed star who helped win in a variety of ways.
SI.com 2012
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Well, its a tough one, but i feel Chelsea would be a title contender to ManU more than Man City.
The Guardian World News Dominic Fifield 2011
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Even worse, he absolutely did not sound like a title contender on Sunday.
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They're just not the type of franchise players a team can build a title contender around.
SI.com 2011
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Busch was a title contender at the start of the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, and he opened it tied with Harvick as the top seed.
The Seattle Times 2011
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But Tony Stewart proved Monday that everybody is a title contender when, days after crossing himself off a list of viable threats to win the championship, he snapped a 32-race winless streak with his victory at Chicago.
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It continued with the bizarre, as in why in the world did a title contender in Boston act like a small-market club in dealing its glue guy, Kendrick Perkins?
SI.com 2011
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