rare. [ad. Gr. ἀγωνιστ-ής a combatant in the games.] ‘A contender for prizes.’ J.
1626. Cockeram, Agonist, a Champion.
1859. I. Taylor, Nilus, in Ess., etc., 1859, 161. Happiest of mothers am I, who have borne so noble an agonist.
