A politician who is running for public office; SYN. candidate, nominee.

ETYM French champion, from Late Lat. campio, of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. chempho, chemphio, fighter, champf, German kampf, contest; perh. influenced by Latin campus field, taken in the sense of.
1. Someone who fights for a cause; SYN. fighter, hero, paladin.
2. Someone who has won first place in a competition; SYN. champ, title-holder. + prikaži više

ETYM French combattant.
Someone who fights (or is fighting); SYN. battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper.

1. One that fights: as a warrior, soldier.
2. A pugnacious or game individual.
3. Boxer.

ETYM Old Eng. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, As. cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to Dutch and German knecht servant; perh. akin to Eng. kin.
(Homonym: night).
Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit.

A militant reformer; SYN. activist.

ETYM Old Eng. souldier, soudiour, souder, Old Fren. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, from Latin solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), from solidus solid. Related to Solid, Sold.
1. A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony.
2. An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin tribunus, properly, the chief of a tribe, from tribus tribe: cf. French tribun. Related to Tribe.
Tribal chief; representative of a section of people; demagogue; platform; dais.
Roman magistrate of plebeian family, elected annually to defend the interests of the common people; only two were originally chosen in the early 5th century bc, but there were later ten. They could veto the decisions of any other magistrate.
The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne. + prikaži više

ETYM AS. wraestlere.
Tries to throw opponent to the ground; SYN. grappler, matman.