contendent

Borrowed from Latin contendens, contendentis, present participle of contendō.

contendent (plural contendents)

1. (obsolete) An antagonist, rival, or contestant.
   • 1679, Roger L'Estrange, The Case Put Concerning the Succession of the Duke of York:

     In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party.

• contend

• “contendent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From contendre +‎ -ent.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.tənˈden]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.tənˈdent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.tenˈdent]

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• Rhymes: -en(t)

contendent m (plural contendents, feminine contendent, feminine plural contendents)

1. opponent, antagonizer

• “contendent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

contendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of contendō