One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.
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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
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One who contends for the prize in public games.
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One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
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One who challenges.
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a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
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The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…
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One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.
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One who contends; a contestant.
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One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
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One who enters; a beginner.
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One who loses.
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One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.
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Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
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Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
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One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.
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Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
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One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
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One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
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Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…
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A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
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One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.
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The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --…
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One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
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One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.
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To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.
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To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.
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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
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One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.
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No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
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One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
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One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.
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