contender n : the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition]

English

Etymology

-er contend

Noun

1. Someone who competes with one or more other people

See also

• contestant

Spanish

Verb

1. to contend
2. to contest

Conjugation

Contender can refer to:

• Contender (stock character), commonly used in books, TV shows, plays, and films
• The Contender (TV series), a boxing-based reality television series or its spinoffs:
  • The Contender 2
  • The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA
  • The Contender 3
  • The Contender Asia
• The Contender (film)
• The Contender (book), codename for an unreleased book by author Darren Shan
• Contender (dinghy) a type of sailing dinghy

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