'Finalist' definitions:
Definition of 'finalist'
From: WordNet
noun
A contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
Definition of 'Finalist'
From: GCIDE
- Finalist \Fi"nal*ist\, n. (Sports) Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]