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prizewinner

American  
[prahyz-win-er] / ˈpraɪzˌwɪn ər /

noun

  • prizewinners
    plural
  1. a person or thing that wins a prize or is deserving of a prize.


prizewinner British  
/ ˈpraɪzˌwɪnə /

noun

  1. a person, animal, or thing that wins a prize

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of prizewinner

First recorded in 1890–95; prize 1 + winner


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“Nuisance Bear,” a prizewinner at Sundance earlier this year, brought an effective style of its own to a story set in Churchill, Manitoba, aka the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

A prizewinner and a New York Times bestseller, poet Zamora’s book describes his migration — alone — from El Salvador to the U.S. at the age of 9, to be reunited with his parents.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Jusu spoke to The Times about her Sundance prizewinner, the kaleidoscopic nature of Blackness and executives paid ‘not to watch foreign cinema.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

He says he’ll put the seeds from his new prizewinner up for auction, too.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 28, 2022

Harry eyed me and then said, “Let me look at him. He’s a prizewinner, isn’t he? If they had an entry for moths at the Fentress Fair, you’d take it, easy.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

She’s the eldest child of John Cheever, the 20th-century literary titan whose short-story collections and novels were once enormous bestsellers and habitual prizewinners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

The country’s prizewinners are sold at high-stakes auctions — so high that wealthy ranchers share ownership.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

In an open letter, the postponement was condemned by over 600 writers, including Nobel prizewinners such as Abdulrazak Gurnah, Annie Ernaux, and Olga Tokarczuk, and Booker Prize winners Anne Enright, Richard Flanagan and Ian McEwan.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2023

On Tuesday, Neon — the art-house distributor that brought the Cannes prizewinners “Parasite” and “Titane” to North American moviegoers — announced plans to release “Memoria” later this year.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021

As a result, German schools lost some of the best minds, including physicists and Nobel prizewinners such as Albert Einstein.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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