semi-finalist
Noun
Meaning
semi-finalist (plural semi-finalists)
Somebody or something that appears in a semi-final of a competition.
Examples
Cecchinato is the lowest-ranked French Open semi-finalist in 19 years and the first Italian man to make it that far at any major in 40 years.
American Idol’s Alexis Gomez returns to her Centerville home By Matt Clevenger Teamwork paid off for Alexis Gomez, an internationally known country artist who first gained national attention as a semi-finalist on American Idol in 2015.
Second seed Mardy Fish made a precautionary pullout with an existing abdominal strain to hand Argentine Leonardo Mayer a walkover to join another untried semi-finalist, Carsten Ball.
“I entered it and then a couple months later I got something in the mail that said I'm a semi-finalist.
If you are selected as a semi-finalist, we will work with you to prepare the official submission to the national competition.
The search committee, comprised of Chairman Holsey and Trustees Robert Adam, Priscilla Kelly and Ron Trowbridge, interviewed six semi-finalist candidates and selected two finalists based on those interviews.