Someone who fights for a cause
English: champion, fighter, hero, paladin
Bahasa: juara, pahlawan, pejuang, pembela, pendekar, johan, wira
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
pelawanBahasa Indonesia
challenger, champion, competition, competitor, contender
Rare
#68,045 of the corpus · 0.2 per million words · 955 occurrences
From lawan (peN-) · common, #1,402
Noun
The contestant you hope to defeat
English: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
Bahasa: peserta, lawan, pesaing, saingan, penantang, penentang, tandingan
Less certain link between this word and this sense.