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ALSO-RAN

Pronunciation (US):

• ALSO-RAN (noun)
The noun ALSO-RAN has 1 sense:

1. a contestant who loses the contest

Familiarity information: ALSO-RAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ALSO-RAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A contestant who loses the contest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

also-ran; loser

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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