This is the 3444th most frequent French word.
challenger
"Challenger" in French refers to a competitor or contender, often in a sports or competitive context.
This usage illustrates 'challenger' as someone who competes against others, specifically in a professional sporting context.
Il est devenu le challenger principal dans la compétition de tennis.
He has become the main challenger in the tennis competition.
Here, 'challenger' is used in the verb form 'challenger' (to challenge) indicating the action of testing one's abilities or boundaries.
Pour réussir, il faut toujours chercher à challenger ses limites.
To succeed, one must always strive to challenge one’s limits.
This example shows the word 'challenger' used in a metaphorical sense to mean provoking thought or questioning ideas.