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noun

entrant

EN-trunt/ˈentrənt/

Someone or something entering a setting or activity.

The race entrant receives her numbered bib at the registration table.

An older woman entering a running event receives her numbered race bib at a registration table; a young event volunteer hands it directly to her.
Etymology
entrFrenchto enter
+antFrenchpresent participle ending

The pieces describe someone entering. Entrant first referred to a newcomer or beginner, including someone entering a profession, and later also named someone joining a contest.

In context

Allellu253:21
he, for the first time, exacts a bond from the entrant, engaging himself forever to the order, and swearing that he will never draw back.
Proofs of a Conspiracy [Part 1 of 2] by John Robison | Full Audiobook, Read-Along

More examples

  • The company is a new entrant in the electric car market.
  • Recent graduates make up most new entrants to the profession.
  • This documentary is the festival's only animated entrant.

Forms

entrant · entrants

enter verb — To go into a place or activity.

Similar words

competitor
Competes against others, rather than simply entering an activity.
participant
Takes part in an activity, whether newly involved or not.
newcomer
Has recently arrived, without necessarily joining a contest or activity.