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contender|kənˈtɛndə(r)| [f. contend + -er1.] One who contends or is given to contention; a combatant, rival, competitor, disputant, wrangler. Const for (an object).
1547Homilies i. Saluation iii. C. iv, Contenders wyll euer forge matter of contention. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 243 Yet was I never a hot contender. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 13 The many Contenders for the sacred regards of the singularities in Nature. 1798W. Hutton Autobiog. 43 The attorney promised to reimburse the expense, the contenders being poor. 1847Nat. Encycl. I. 841 The contenders for empire..after the death of Alexander. |