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Webster 1913 Edition
Competitor
Com-pet′i-tor
,Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
compétiteur
.] 1.
One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.
And can not brook
competitors
in love. Shakespeare
2.
An associate; a confederate.
[Obs.]
Every hour more
Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth.
competitors
Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Competitor
COMPETITOR
, n.1.
One who seeks and endeavors to obtain what another seeks; or one who claims what another claims; a rival.They cannot brook competitors in love.
2.
An opponent.Definition 2024
competitor
competitor
English
Alternative forms
- competitour (obsolete)
Noun
competitor (plural competitors)
- A person or organization against whom one is competing.
- A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
Synonyms
- (participant in a competition): contestant
Translations
person against whom one is competing
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participant in a competition
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From competō (“strive after something together”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.peˈtiː.tor/, [kɔm.pɛˈtiː.tɔr]
Alternative forms
Noun
competītor m (genitive competītōris); third declension
- A rival, competitor, adversary, opponent; plaintiff.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | competītor | competītōrēs |
| genitive | competītōris | competītōrum |
| dative | competītōrī | competītōribus |
| accusative | competītōrem | competītōrēs |
| ablative | competītōre | competītōribus |
| vocative | competītor | competītōrēs |
Derived terms
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References
- competitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- competitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- COMPETITOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “competitor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- competitor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- competitor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin