contendern.
/kənˈtɛndə/, U.S. /kənˈtɛndər/ One who contends or is given to contention; a combatant, rival, competitor, disputant, wrangler. Const for (an object).
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who
fighterc1300
strivera1400
contender1547
struggler1554
contentioner1593
militant1610
contendent1623
combatant1646
conflicter1658
counter-scufflera1672
agonist1687
scrambler1687
protagonist1837
belligerent1839
1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Salvation iii. sig. C. iv Contenders wyll euer forge matter of contention.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 243 Yet was I never a hot contender.
1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 13 The many Contenders for the sacred regards of the singularities in Nature.
1798 W. Hutton Life 43 The attorney promised to reimburse the expense, the contenders being poor.
1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 841 The contenders for empire..after the death of Alexander.
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