Definition of "titlist" [titlist]

• The holder of a competitive title; a champion: a chess titlist. (noun)

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• "Just a matter of time before 140 titlist is ranked among the pound-for-pound best."
• "He is a power-lifter, boxing titlist and a master-qualified scuba diver."
• "Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg, three-time former world titlist Oscar Freire of Spain and Scott Nydam of Sebastopol, Calif., all abandoned with undetermined injuries after crashing during the stage."