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contestant
/ kənˈtɛstənt /
noun
a person who takes part in a contest; competitor
Other Word Forms
- uncontestant noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of contestant1
Example Sentences
Elsewhere, it was a truly cinematic evening as the Strictly contestants embodied their characters for movie week.
So do actors and performers like those on this show make better liars than previous contestants?
After winning Miss America in 1989—three years after the competition stopped releasing contestants’ measurements—she used the scholarship money to pay for her Stanford education.
The contestants were challenged to pull a giant Trojan horse up a hill and through a series of gates that each required a special code, before eventually setting the horse alight.
A Big Brother contestant has been removed from the reality show for the "repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour", ITV has said.
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