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Definition of Contestants
1. contestant [n] - See also: contestant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contestants
Literary usage of Contestants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Decisions in Probate by James Vincent Coffey (1908)
"(c) Prior to the execution of said will and said codicil said residuary legatee
abused contestants in the presence of deceased, and told him that ..."
2. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"But with the end of the campaign of 1916 both contestants have to confess a
measure of defeat. Neither's strategy has brought a decision, neither group of ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"The crest of the hill was reached, and here commenced à desperate struggle, as
the contestants were only from thirty to fifty paces apart, where they fought ..."
4. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1875)
"Character of contestants.—Representative men.—Springfield speech. — Its great
thought. — Similar sentiment of Mr. Seward. — General line of argument. ..."
5. The De Monarchia of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri (1904)
"CHAPTER IX The Romans were victorious over all contestants for Empire. 1.
That people, then, which was victorious over all the contestants ..."
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