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entrant

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en⋅trant

[en-truhnt]
–noun
1. a competitor in a contest.
2. a new member, as of an association or school.
3. a person who enters.

Origin:
1625–35; < F, n. use of entrant, prp. of entrer to enter
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en·trant   (ěn'trənt)   
n.  One that enters, especially one that enters a competition.

[French, from present participle of entrer, to enter, from Old French; see enter.]
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