contendent

English

Etymology

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

Noun

contendent (plural contendents)

1. (obsolete) An antagonist; a 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “contendent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Related terms

• contend

Latin

Verb

contendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of contendō