Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A seeker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.
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Examples
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UPN's direct com-petitor, the fledgling WB network, has courted black viewers with low-end slapstick like "The Wayans Brothers" and "Cosby" wanna-bes like "The Parent 'Hood."
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The short time he took to arrive at the position of tribune, and the statement of _vita_ iv. 'cum ... ad dignitatem equestris ordinis pervenire sua virtute meruisset,' make it probable that he entered the army as _petitor militiae equestris_, as a preliminary step towards entering on a political career.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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While AMD and Intel spoofs a squabble with each other, a formidable new com - site's URL petitor is rising in the east. in a fake address bar.
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Xerox sent out a written ques - tionnaire to its customers asking them to compare Xerox to its top com - petitor in several areas: ability to keep commitments, ease of contact, response to inquiry,
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"You don't want to have your schedule ending up in the possession of a com - petitor."
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Could you elaborate on the thi ngs missing in xVM to be a com petitor to xVM?
c0t0d0s0.org 2008
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Could you elaborate on the thi ngs missing in xVM to be a com petitor to xVM?
c0t0d0s0.org 2008
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Could you elaborate on the thi ngs missing in xVM to be a com petitor to xVM?
Sun Bloggers 2008
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Could you elaborate on the thi ngs missing in xVM to be a com petitor to xVM?
Sun Bloggers 2008
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Could you elaborate on the thi ngs missing in xVM to be a com petitor to xVM?
c0t0d0s0.org 2008
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