▪ I. compeˈtitioner1
[f. prec. n. + -er1.]
One who takes part in a competition; a competitor; one who enters a service, etc., by competition.
| a 1640 Jackson Creed x. v. Wks. IX. 564 Cornelius his competitioner for the bishoprick of Rome. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 455 This Enoch hath not as yet tasted of death, being a competitioner of eternitie. 1864 Times 7 Nov. 6/5 A good deal of reactionary agitation has been going on..against the new class of competitioners. 1885 Sat. Rev. 28 Mar. 416/2 One of the first batch of the competitioners. 1886 Ibid. 28 Aug. 300. |
▪ II. † compeˈtitioner2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. com- + petitioner.]
One who joins another in petitioning; a fellow-petitioner, a co-petitioner.
| 1628 Bp. Hall Old Relig. 132 They speake to the Saints tanquam deprecatores, vel potius comprecatores..mouing them to bee competitioners with vs to the throne of grace. |