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contestant

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//kənˈtɛstənt//
  • United Kingdom/[kənˈtʰɛstənt]/
  • United Kingdom//kənˈtɛst(ə)nt//

A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

noun

  1. 1

    A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

  2. 2

    One who brings a legal challenge (such as a will, verdict, or decision).

Etymology

From French contestant, present participle of contester.

Forms

plural
contestants
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).