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Alex Haley a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992).
amateur an athlete who receives no monetary prize, salary, or other payment for competition. [1/5 definitions]
award to present in recognition of superior qualities or performance; give as a prize. [2/4 definitions]
blue ribbon the emblem awarded as first prize in a contest or competition. [1/2 definitions]
booby prize an amusing prize given to ridicule one who performs worst in a contest or competition.
booty1 any treasure or prize. [1/2 definitions]
cakewalk a high-strutting, marchlike dance done in competition for the prize of a cake, awarded to the most intricate or unusual performance. [2/5 definitions]
candidacy the condition of being considered or nominated, or striving to be so, for a particular position, office, prize, or honor.
consolation prize a prize given to a loser or runner-up in a competition, as a means of consoling.
contender a person who competes with other people to try to win something, such as a prize or a position.
cup a decorative vessel, often of precious metal, that is awarded as a prize to the winner of a contest or game. [1/7 definitions]
Desmond Tutu South African cleric and leader in the struggle against apartheid, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 (b.1931).
door prize a prize awarded to someone attending a public or social event, based on a lottery drawn from admission tickets or the like.
Ernest Hemingway U.S. fiction writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 (b.1899--d.1961).
giveaway a giving away, free or at very low cost, or the thing so given, usu. to promote a product or as a premium or prize. [1/2 definitions]
jackpot the largest or final prize in a game or contest. [1/2 definitions]
Nelson Mandela South African statesman, anti-apartheid activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was held as a political prisoner for 27 years and became the first democratically elected and first black President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 (b. 1918).
Nobelist a winner of the Nobel prize.
overprize combined form of prize.
oyster something with the promise of a prize or reward. [1/3 definitions]
prize given a prize; prizewinning. [3/8 definitions]