Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One taking part in a contest; a competitor.
- noun One that contests or disputes something, such as an election or a will.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who contests; a disputant; a litigant: commonly used of one who contests the result of an election, or the proceeding for probate of a will.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
participant in acontest
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who participates in competitions
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
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Examples
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They actually talk about what led up to the song the contestant is about to sing.
INXS and AI 2005
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The two contestants who aren't successful in the sand challenge face elimination, and after the players cast their votes, another contestant is sent packing.
Anna Kournikova To Appear In 'The Biggest Loser' Whitney Snyder 2010
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However, if he progresses in the show, in which one contestant is eliminated each week, other participants are likely to feel since he is likely to have been ineligible if the production team had been aware of his conviction.
The Apprentice candidate took part despite conviction Mark Sweney 2010
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The two contestants who aren't successful in the sand challenge face elimination, and after the players cast their votes, another contestant is sent packing.
Anna Kournikova To Appear In 'The Biggest Loser' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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-- Tim comes in to announce that since the show had planned for six designers at this stage, an eliminated contestant is coming back.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 11 Recap: Alba-tross Una LaMarche 2010
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A reality TV contestant is wanted for questioning in connection with the death of his ex-wife, a former swimsuit model whose nude body was found stuffed into a suitcase.
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Claims the d0uchebag who posted about “death panels” being real, while also believing an ignorant 3rd place Alaskan beauty pageant contestant is qualified to run the country … ..
Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’ 2010
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Unless a contestant is headed to the bathroom, they have a camera on them.
Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode #10 | EW.com 2009
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A: Every single contestant is extremely respectable.
'Idol' castoff Siobhan Magnus: 'I have so many big ideas' 2010
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A parsing challenge: "The contestant sent a letter sent it back."
September 9, 2007