What part of speech is challenger?

Challenger can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does challenger mean?

Definitions

Noun

challenger - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

Examples of challenger

#   Sentence  
1. noun The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.
2. noun He's reigning champion, and no young challenger is going to take it away from him.
3. noun In two moves, Kasparov will check the challenger.
4. noun We hope the challenger will unseat the incumbent.
5. noun Anish Giri (2776) won yesterday (24.04.2021) to the American Fabiano Caruana (2820) in an extraordinary match for the Candidate's Tournament, which will appoint the next challenger of the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen. The Dutchman led the black pieces masterfully in a Sicilian Defense.
Sentence  
noun
The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.
He's reigning champion, and no young challenger is going to take it away from him.
In two moves, Kasparov will check the challenger.
We hope the challenger will unseat the incumbent.
Anish Giri (2776) won yesterday (24.04.2021) to the American Fabiano Caruana (2820) in an extraordinary match for the Candidate's Tournament, which will appoint the next challenger of the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen. The Dutchman led the black pieces masterfully in a Sicilian Defense.

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