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participant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun participant has 2 senses
- participant(n = noun.person) Array - someone who takes part in an activity; Array has particulars: attendant, attendee, attender, meeter, discussant, bride, bridegroom, groom, masker, masquer, masquerader, partaker, sharer, player, retreatant
- participant(n = noun.person) player - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game; Array is a kind of contestant
is a kind of associate
Derived form verb participate2
has particulars: ballplayer, baseball player, billiard player, bowler, card player, chess player, dart player, football player, footballer, golf player, golfer, linksman, grandmaster, hockey player, ice-hockey player, lacrosse player, most valuable player, mvp, playmaker, pool player, scorer, seed, seeded player, server, shooter, soccer player, stringer, tennis player, volleyball player
CIDE DICTIONARY
participant, a. [L. participans, p. pr. of participare: cf. F. participant. See Participate.].
Sharing; participating; having a share or part. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
participant, n.
A participator; a partaker. [1913 Webster]
"Participants in their . . . mysterious rites."
[1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
participant
a party to, accessory, accomplice, actor, aide, assistant, colleague, confrere, contributor, copartner, cotenant, engaged, fellow, helper, implicated, involved, partaker, partaking, participating, participative, participator, participatory, partner, party, prime mover, shareholder, sharer, sharing
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