contester

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English

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Etymology

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From contest +‎ -er.

Noun

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contester (plural contesters)

  1. One who contests something.
    • 2000, Robert S. Menchin, Where There's a Will:
      Meanwhile, Millar's second cousins and even more remote relatives hired lawyers to litigate the will out of existence. Contesters of the will claimed that the clause “encouraged immorality” and was “against public policy” []

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin contestārī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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contester

  1. to contest; to challenge; to dispute

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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contester

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of contestor

Norman

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Etymology

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From Latin contestor, contestārī (call to witness).

Verb

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contester

  1. (Jersey) to contest

Old French

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Etymology

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First attested 1338, Latin contestor.

Verb

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contester

  1. to contest; to dispute
  2. to attest

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • English: contest
  • French: contester
  • Norman: contester

References

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