competitor

competitor
competitorship, n.
/keuhm pet"i teuhr/, n.
a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
[1525-35; < L competitor rival for an office, equiv. to com- COM- + petitor seeker, claimant (see PETITOR)]

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