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proxime accessit
prox·i·me ac·ces·sit [ pròksəmee ak séssit, pròksi mày ək séssit ]


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. runner-up in examination: somebody who comes immediately after the winner in a competitive examination ( formal )

[< Latin, "he or she came very close"]
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