Competitor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Competitor	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
competitor n the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" Synonym(s): rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Competitor \Compet"itor\, n. [L.: cf. F. comp[82]titeur.] 1. One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival. And can not brook competitors in love. --Shak. 2. An associate; a confederate. [Obs.] Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth. --Shak.