ALSO-RAN


Meaning of ALSO-RAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌran ]

noun

Date: 1896

1. : a horse or dog that finishes out of the money in a race

2. : a contestant that does not win

3. : one that is of little importance especially competitively

was just an also-ran in the scramble for…privileges — C. A. Buss

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.