Meaning challenger
What does challenger mean? Here you find 7 meanings of the word challenger. You can also add a definition of challenger yourself
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challengera person who competes with someone else in sport or in politics for an important position that the other person already holds the official challenger for the world championship titleCheck pronunciatio [..]
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challengerlate 13c., "a claimant;" mid-14c., "one who makes false charges;" mid-15c., "one who disputes something, objector," from Anglo-French chalengeour (Old French chalongeor & [..]
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challengerrival: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" The Challenger was an [..]
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challengerA challenger is a candidate who runs for political office against a person who currently holds that office (the incumbent). See also Incumbent.
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challenger The candidate trying to unseat the person in office, or incumbent.
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challengerA candidate who is not an incumbent of the office s/he is running for. An incumbent of one elected office is considered a challenger when s/he runs for a different political office.
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challenger(n) the contestant you hope to defeat
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