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contender
contender
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contender
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combatant
noun
fighter
adversary
antagonist
assailant
attacker
battler
belligerent
contender
enemy
foe
serviceman
soldier
warrior
contestant
noun
competitor
adversary
antagonist
aspirant
battler
candidate
challenger
combatant
contender
contester
dark horse
disputant
entrant
favorite
hopeful
member
participant
player
rival
scrapper
team member
warrior
contestants
noun
competitor
adversary
antagonist
aspirant
battler
candidate
challenger
combatant
contender
contester
dark horse
disputant
entrant
favorite
hopeful
member
participant
player
rival
scrapper
team member
warrior
enemies
noun
someone hated or competed against
adversary
agent
antagonist
archenemy
asperser
assailant
assassin
attacker
backbiter
bad person
bandit
betrayer
calumniator
competitor
contender
criminal
defamer
defiler
detractor
disputant
emulator
falsifier
fifth column
foe
guerrilla
informer
inquisitor
invader
murderer
opponent
opposition
other side
prosecutor
rebel
revolutionary
rival
saboteur
seditionist
slanderer
spy
terrorist
traducer
traitor
vilifier
villain
enemy
noun
someone hated or competed against
adversary
agent
antagonist
archenemy
asperser
assailant
assassin
attacker
backbiter
bad person
bandit
betrayer
calumniator
competitor
contender
criminal
defamer
defiler
detractor
disputant
emulator
falsifier
fifth column
foe
guerrilla
informer
inquisitor
invader
murderer
opponent
opposition
other side
prosecutor
rebel
revolutionary
rival
saboteur
seditionist
slanderer
spy
terrorist
traducer
traitor
vilifier
villain
fighter
noun
person engaged in hostile encounter
GI
aggressor
antagonist
assailant
battler
belligerent
boxer
brawler
bruiser
bully
champion
combatant
competitor
contender
contestant
disputant
duelist
gladiator
heavy
jouster
mercenary
militant
opponent
person-at-arms
pugilist
punching bag
rival
scrapper
serviceperson
slugger
soldier
tanker
warlord
warrior
wildcat
fighters
noun
person engaged in hostile encounter
GI
aggressor
antagonist
assailant
battler
belligerent
boxer
brawler
bruiser
bully
champion
combatant
competitor
contender
contestant
disputant
duelist
gladiator
heavy
jouster
mercenary
militant
opponent
person-at-arms
pugilist
punching bag
rival
scrapper
serviceperson
slugger
soldier
tanker
warlord
warrior
wildcat
gladiator
noun
combatant
boxer
contender
fighter
nominee
noun
candidate
applicant
appointee
aspirant
contender
contestant
entrant
hopeful
office-seeker
runner
seeker
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