Meaning

1 senses
  1. The party against whom a legal challenge is brought.

More definitions
  • a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested

Origin

From contest + -ee.

From contest + -ee.

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Forms

plural: contestees
Singularcontestee
Pluralcontestees

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcontest

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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