contestant
noun/kənˈtestənt/
/kənˈtestənt/
- a person who takes part in a contest or competition
- Please welcome our next contestant.
- She is one of the most popular contestants in the current series.
- The show features six contestants from different parts of the country.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryContestant is used after these nouns:- beauty
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, present participle of contester, from Latin contestari ‘call upon to witness’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’.Definitions on the go
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