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CONTESTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contester mean?
• CONTESTER (noun)
The noun CONTESTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.)
Familiarity information: CONTESTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("contester" is a kind of...):
controversialist; disputant; eristic (a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy)
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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"The way the arrow hits the target is more important than the way it is shot; the way you listen is more important than the way you talk." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Shall the sheep go astray, they will be led by the ill goat." (Arabic proverb)
"The maquis has no eyes, but it sees all." (Corsican proverb)