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CONTESTEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contestee mean? 

CONTESTEE (noun)
  The noun CONTESTEE has 1 sense:

1. a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contestedplay

  Familiarity information: CONTESTEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTESTEE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("contestee" is a kind of...):

victor; winner (the contestant who wins the contest)

Domain category:

election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)

Derivation:

contest (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)


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