contendent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contendens, contendentis, present participle of contendō.
Noun
contendent (plural contendents)
- (obsolete) An antagonist; a contestant.
- L'Estrange
- In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party.
- L'Estrange
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “contendent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Related terms
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) contendent