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† contendent, a. and n. Obs.|kənˈtɛndənt|
Also 7 -dant.
[a. F. contendant, L. contendent-em pr. pple.: see contend.]
A. adj. Contending.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 373 Controversies betwixt parties contendent in points of Fact.
B. n. A contending party, one who contends.
1623Favine Theat. Hon. ii. xii. 183 Commune to these two Contendants. 1694R. L'Estrange Fables 4 Through the whole history of the world..the contendents have been still made a prey to a third party. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake 310 ‘For shame’, said he, ‘contendents all! This outrage done in royal hall, Is to our country foul disgrace’. |