Finalist
Pronunciation : Fi"nal*ist
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.
(Sports)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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