Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contester

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tester
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who contests something.

Example Sentences

"Meanwhile, Millar's second cousins and even more remote relatives hired lawyers to litigate the will out of existence. Contesters of the will claimed that the clause “encouraged immorality” and was “against public policy” […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English contest Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English contester From contest + -er.

Inflected Forms

contesters (plural)

Questions

What does contester mean?: One who contests something.
Where does contester come from?: Etymology tree English contest Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English contester From contest + -er.

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