entrant

[ en-truhnt ]

noun

1. a competitor in a contest.
2. a new member, as of an association or school.
3. a person who enters.

entrant

/ ˈɛntrənt /

noun

1. a person who enters
2. a new member of a group, society, or association
3. a person who enters a competition or contest; competitor

Other Words From

• non·entrant noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrant¹

1625–35; < French, noun use of entrant, present participle of entrer to enter

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrant¹

C17: from French, literally: entering, from entrer to enter

Example Sentences

Some older companies, like 113-year-old logistics giant UPS, are unionized, but major nonunion employers include more recent entrants like retailers Walmart and the Gap.

From Washington Post

With Disney owning Hulu, the ad-supported streaming war may amount to little more than a new front in an old fight with few new entrants.

From Digiday

Bobbie, with its skeleton team and mere days of experience serving customers in a 15-mile radius, had no such longstanding relationships by the time the FDA became aware of its new entrant into the space.

From Fortune

The time it took the 17-year-old company to get there suggests a high risk of failure for newer entrants trying to catch up.

From Fortune

Google also stockpiled immense troves of data — decades’ worth of consumer and business buying preferences and surfing habits — to power its ads and make it harder for new entrants.

From Fortune

Entrant hereby waives any and all moral rights that exist in the Video Entry and any derivative works made therefrom.

From The Daily Beast

Entrant may not copy or otherwise plagiarize the Video Entry from any source.

From The Daily Beast

Entrant hereby represents and warrants that Entrant has read these Official Rules and is fully familiar with its contents.

From The Daily Beast

Entrant agrees to waive any rights to claim ambiguity of these Official Rules.

From The Daily Beast

Sponsor reserves the right to discontinue the use of the Video Entry without notice to Entrant.

From The Daily Beast

Some of the cells (fig. 3, b) shew re-entrant curves, which prove that they have undergone division.

From Project Gutenberg

This does not mean that the entrant for ballet honors has nothing to do but go at once upon the stage, a completed artiste.

From Project Gutenberg

But we can have a non-re-entrant path over the whole board in fourteen moves, starting from any given square.

From Project Gutenberg

The best re-entrant attempt is shown, in which each knight has to trespass twice on other parts.

From Project Gutenberg

If you break the line at I, you will have a non-re-entrant solution starting from any I square.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aspirant
• competitor
• contestant
• entry
• newcomer
• participant