challenger
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ɪn noun
1.
a person or thing that challenges.
2.
Boxing. a boxer who fights a champion for his championship title.
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(initial capital letter, italics) U.S. Aerospace. the second space shuttle to orbit and return to earth: exploded 1½ min. after launch on Jan. 28, 1986, causing the death of all seven on board.
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challenge (ˈtʃælɪndʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to invite or summon (someone to do something, esp to take part in a contest) |
| 2. | (also intr) to call (something) into question; dispute |
| 3. | to make demands on; stimulate: the job challenges his ingenuity |
| 4. | to order (a person) to halt and be identified or to give a password |
| 5. | law to make formal objection to (a juror or jury) |
| 6. | to lay claim to (attention, etc) |
| 7. | (intr) hunting (of a hound) to cry out on first encountering the scent of a quarry |
| 8. | to inject (an experimental animal immunized with a test substance) with disease microorganisms to test for immunity to the disease |
| —n | |
| 9. | a call to engage in a fight, argument, or contest |
| 10. | a questioning of a statement or fact; a demand for justification or explanation |
| 11. | a demanding or stimulating situation, career, object, etc |
| 12. | a demand by a sentry, watchman, etc, for identification or a password |
| 13. | (US) an assertion that a person is not entitled to vote or that a vote is invalid |
| 14. | law a formal objection to a person selected to serve on a jury (challenge to the polls) or to the whole body of jurors (challenge to the array) |
| [C13: from Old French chalenge, from Latin calumnia | |
| 'challengeable | |
| —adj | |
| 'challenger | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
challenger
late 13c., Anglo-Fr. chalengeour, agent noun from challenge. Specific sense of "one who calls out another in a contest" is from 1511.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The question was whether the challenger could stand as an equal with the more experienced, tested, and familiar figure.
In politics, blacks wear either the mask of the challenger or that of the bargainer.
He faces no single challenger popular enough to rally widespread support.
Challenger's handler crossed the majestic set to center stage, with the national bird's impressive talons encircling his arm.
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