A person or entity that competes; a competitor.
Agent noun formed from 'compete' (from Latin 'competere,' to strive together) with the suffix '-er.' Though 'competitor' is the standard modern form, 'competer' appears occasionally in older or regional texts.
This is an alternate form of 'competitor' that almost nobody uses anymore—but it shows how English agents can be formed: compete/competer, compete/competitor. English chose to favor the Latinate 'competitor,' pushing 'competer' into obscurity!
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