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Also-ran   /ˈɔlsoʊ-ræn/   Listen
Also-ran

noun
1.
A contestant who loses the contest.  Synonym: loser.





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"Also-ran" Quotes from Famous Books



... all right; but unless you and I are prepared to abandon several business enterprises and take to the lecture platform, I'm afraid people are going to be wicked enough to marry whom they like, and the human race will he run as usual with money the favourite, and love a case of 'also-ran.' ... By the way, how dared you marry me, knowing the ...
— The Fighting Chance • Robert W. Chambers
 
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