See challenger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Roſ[alind]. Young man, haue you challeng'd Charles the VVraſtler? / Orl[ando]. No faire Princeſſe: he is the general challenger, I come but in as others do, to try vvith him the ſtrength of my youth.",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
"word": "հավակնորդ"
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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"sense": "one who challenges",
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