Challenger

/ˈt͡ʃælɪn(d)ʒə/ · noun

Meaning

One who challenges..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who challenges.
2. (tennis, also attributive) Often in the form Challenger: a match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Example Sentences

[C]ertainly there is no true orator who is not a hero. […] He is challenger and must answer all comers.

Debates are often unpredictable, but it is especially hard to game out how this debate featuring a moderate standard-bearer and a liberal challenger will unfold and how people will process it. Hundreds of thousands of viewers, if not millions, will have been personally affected by Sunday, as public gathering spaces are shuttered, schools are closed and on Thursday the stock market plunged by the largest percentage in decades (it snapped back upward on Friday).

Candidates for a state senate seat race in South Florida in which a spoiler appeared to help Republican challenger Ileana Garcia unseat incumbent Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez.

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• challengers
• Challenger

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