Definitions for Challenger
ˈtʃæl ɪn dʒərchal·len·ger

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun

   the contestant you hope to defeat

   "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. challengernoun

   One who challenges.

   One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Challengernoun

   Etymology: from challenge.

   1. One that defies or summons another to combat.

   Young man, have you challenged Charles the wrestler? ——
   No, fair princess; he is the general challenger. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   Death was denounc’d;
   He took the summons, void of fear,
   And unconcernedly cast his eyes around,
   As if to find and dare the griesly challenger. Dryden.

   2. One that claims superiority.

   Whose worth
   Stood challenger on mount of all the age,
   For her perfections. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   3. A claimant; one that requires something as of right.

   Earnest challengers there are of trial, by some publick disputation. Richard Hooker, Preface.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. challenger

   A challenger is a person, team, or entity that contests or competes against another with the aim of displacing them or winning a title, position, or competition. In a broader context, it could also refer to something such as a situation or a problem that tests one's abilities or poses a significant difficulty.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Challengernoun

   one who challenges

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Challenger

   Challenger is a video game developed and published by Hudson Soft in 1985 for the Nintendo Famicom.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHALLENGER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Challenger is ranked #32169 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Challenger surname appeared 717 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Challenger.
   
   48.9% or 351 total occurrences were White.
   39.3% or 282 total occurrences were Black.
   8.5% or 61 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 18 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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How to pronounce Challenger?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Challenger in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Challenger in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Challenger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Challenger in a Sentence

1. Joe Argueta:

   One male was armed with a baseball bat and the other male with a pistol. When Dodge Challenger attempted to flee, the male with the pistol fired multiple gunshots at the passenger side of Dodge Challenger.

2. Tim Canova:

   It’s up to the challenger to prove he can actually get over the top in the primary, it takes extraordinary circumstances. I know Debbie Wasserman Schultz has made a lot of national headlines recently. But I’m still skeptical about the level of dissent in her district.

3. Donald Trump:

   I really believe that the vote that voters make on Nov. 6 is going to boil down to if they vote for a Republican member of the House of Representatives, they're going to vote against impeachment, and if they vote for a Democratic member of the House of Representatives or a challenger, they're voting for impeachment, this is all about impeachment. It always has been.

4. Luis Gutierrez:

   It’s not easy to endorse a challenger over a colleague in the House of Representatives, especially when that colleague is a member of your party.

5. The Putorti campaign:

   It says a lot that Elise Stefanik is so terrified of a challenger that Elise Stefanik immediately resorted to outright distortions of who Matt is and why he is running.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Challenger
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Challenger
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Challenger
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Challenger
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Challenger
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Challenger