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Definition of Battler
1. Noun. Someone who fights (or is fighting).
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Defender, Withstander, Boxer, Pugilist, Brawler, Butter, Fencer, Swordsman, Gladiator, Gouger, Gamecock, Hell-kite, Hell-rooster, Mauler, Skirmisher, Street Fighter, Tough, Master, Superior, Victor, Grappler, Matman, Wrestler
Derivative terms: Battle, Belligerent, Belligerent, Combat, Combatant, Fight, Fight, Scrap
Definition of Battler
1. Noun. One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general. ¹
2. Noun. (Australian dated) An itinerant worker or unemployed person. ¹
3. Noun. One who who works hard in the face of adversity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Battler
1. one that battles [n -S] - See also: battles
Medical Definition of Battler
1. A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. See: Battel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battler
Literary usage of Battler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Washington Close-ups: Intimate Views of Some Public Figures by Edward George Lowry (1921)
"... FOLLETTE: BOB THE battler MR. LA FOLLETTE missed the train. It is only in the
rarest instances that time, tide, circumstances, the hour and the man keep ..."
2. The Spanish People: Their Origin, Growth, and Influence by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1911)
"... Cid—The Almoravides—Toledo the Christian capital—The Roman ritual adopted—Urraca
of Castile and Leon and Alfonso the battler of Aragon— The Almohades. ..."
3. The British Merchant Service: Being a History of the British Mercantile by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (1898)
"... Transatlantic steam navigation—The Sirius—The Great Wettern—The British Queen
and the President—The screw propeller—The Archimedes —The battler and the ..."
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