Plural of defeater; multiple people or things that defeat opponents or overcome obstacles.
From defeater + -s (plural). A simple plural of the agent noun, used when discussing multiple winners or conquerors.
Sports broadcasters love this word—'the defeaters of the previous champions,' 'multiple defeaters emerged from the bracket'—it's the formal way to describe winners when you want to emphasize that they conquered someone previously dominant.
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