as in champion
the person who comes in first in a competition
the boxing titlist with the most knockouts to his credit
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Recent Examples of titlist
The two-division world titlist just doesn’t have enough important wins.
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Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Men’s Senior Open Doubles: Altaf Merchant/Steve Deakin repeated as titlists, having won Mesa a couple weeks ago.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Rancho Bernardo—With returning state placer and Division 1 titlist Mary Snider (140) plus Division champ Maisen Vesco (145) leading the way, the Broncos qualified six wrestlers into the Masters meet.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
With five individual titlists, led by returning state meet competitor Hannah Gonzalez, the still-young second-year program is already making its mark.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Men’s Senior Open Doubles: Altaf Merchant/Steve Deakin repeated as titlists, having won Mesa a couple weeks ago.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Rancho Bernardo—With returning state placer and Division 1 titlist Mary Snider (140) plus Division champ Maisen Vesco (145) leading the way, the Broncos qualified six wrestlers into the Masters meet.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
With five individual titlists, led by returning state meet competitor Hannah Gonzalez, the still-young second-year program is already making its mark.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for titlist
Noun
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Leinart actually recently played against 11-time Professional Pickleball Association champion Callie Jo Smith in a game of pickleball.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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They will be favored at home against the defending MLS Cup champion Galaxy, which plummeted to last place this season with the league’s worst record (three wins, 15 losses and seven ties).—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pitt County, the North Carolina region champ, is 2-0; Johnstown, winner of the Mid-Atlantic region, is also 2-0.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Kenyan champ Ruth Chepng’etich set a world record last year at just under 2 hours 10 minutes, a year after countrymate Kelvin Kiptum did the same thing in the men’s race—at only 35 seconds over two hours in 2023.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Titlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titlist. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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