Dictionary

Challenger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈt͡ʃælɪn(d)ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From challenger.

Meanings

1. A steam locomotive of the 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement.
   • American Locomotive Company, which introduced the 4-6-6-4 (on Union Pacific) in 1936, constructed more Challengers than any other builder and, in Northern Pacific's Z-8 class, built the heaviest. NP owned 48 4-6-6-4's in three classes. 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam’s Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 102:
2. (also, alt-of, attributive) Alternative letter-case form of challenger (“a match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals”).
   alt of challenger

Forms

Challenger en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈt͡ʃælɪn(d)ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From challenger.

Meanings

1. A space shuttle, named after HMS Challenger (1858), destroyed on January 28, 1986 with loss of its seven-member crew.

Translations (3)

ja チャレンジャー (name of a space shuttle) · cmn 挑戰者號 /挑战者号 (name of a space shuttle) · ru Че́лленджер (name of a space shuttle)