entrant has definitions from the field of games
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[ noun ] a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise

Examples

"a well publicized entrant is the pocket computer"

Used in print

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

A well publicized entrant which has achieved success only recently is the built liquid_detergent , with which the major problem today is incorporation of builder and active into a small volume using a sufficiently high builder / active ratio .

Related terms

commodity

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[ noun ] any new participant in some activity

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novice recruit originate

3
[ noun ] someone who enters

Examples

"new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures"

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traveler intruder go_in

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[ noun ] (games) one who enters a competition

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contestant enter

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