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Definition of Challenger
1. Noun. The contestant you hope to defeat. "He wanted to know what the competition was doing"
Generic synonyms: Contestant
Specialized synonyms: Champ, Champion, Title-holder, Comer, Finalist, Enemy, Foe, Favorite, Favourite, Front-runner, King, Queen, World-beater, Runner-up, Second Best, Scratch, Semifinalist, Street Fighter, Tier, Tilter
Derivative terms: Challenge, Compete, Contend, Rival, Rivalrous
Definition of Challenger
1. n. One who challenges.
Definition of Challenger
1. Noun. One who challenges. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Challenger
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Challenger
Literary usage of Challenger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"Exhibition of some of the Zoological Reports of the 'Challenger' Expedition. ...
MS ' Challenger.' These reports would ultimately form the first volume of ..."
2. Catalogue of Books by Perth (W.A.). Public Library (1905)
"See Scribe, AE Challenger, H, MS Report on the scientific results of the voyage
... Narrative of the cruise of HMS Challenger, with a general account of the ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1875)
"THE Reports on Deep Sea Temperatures sent home from Sydney and Hong Kong by the '
Challenger ' expedition, for copies of which I am indebted to the kindness ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"THE "Challenger" PUBLICATIONS. By HUGH ROBERT MILL, D.So. THE last instalment of
the Challenger Report has been published, and the record of the work of the ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"ON SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION OF HMS " Challenger." IN May, 1873, I
drew attention, in the pages of this REVIEW, to the important problems ..."
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