Contestee

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The party against whom a legal challenge is brought.
  2. 2
    a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested wordnet

Etymology

From contest + -ee.

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