noun
competitor, contender, participant, rival, challenger, contester, disputant, antagonist, adversary, opponent, combatant, player, entrant, member of the field, team member, candidate, scrapper*, battler*; see also opponent 1, 2, player 1.
See contestant in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
One that competes:
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