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CONTESTEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contestee mean?
• CONTESTEE (noun)
The noun CONTESTEE has 1 sense:
1. a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested
Familiarity information: CONTESTEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("contestee" is a kind of...):
victor; winner (the contestant who wins the contest)
Domain category:
election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)
Derivation:
contest (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
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