challenger
意味
- 挑戦者
- 異議を申し立てる人
- (陪審員団の)忌避者
例文
He's mowed down a parade of challengers before.
彼はこれまでいとも簡単にたくさんの挑戦者をリングに沈めてきた。
He looked the toughest of all the challengers.
挑戦者の中で彼が一番強そうに見えた。
The champion had the challengers at his mercy.
チャンピオンは挑戦者たちを思うままにあしらった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English chalengere, chalangeour, chalenger (“one who causes injury, or makes false charges or slanderous statements; one who disputes, disputant, objector; claimant”), and then partly from both of the following: * From Middle English chalengen (“to accuse; to accuse falsely or maliciously, slander; to treat unjustly, wrong; to dispute, object; to make a claim or demand; to rebuke, scold; to issue a challenge to; etc.”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).