ALSO-RAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contestant who loses the contest

Synonyms:

also-ran; loser

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("also-ran" is a kind of...):

contestant (a person who participates in competitions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "also-ran"):

old maid (the loser in a game of old maid)

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