- qualifier - a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
--1 is a kind of contestant
Derived form: verb qualify1 - modifier, qualifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
--2 is a kind of content word, open-class word
--2 is a part of phrase
--2 has particulars:intensifier, intensive; adjective; adverb; dangling modifier, misplaced modifier Derived form: verb qualify7