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Definition of Duellist
1. Noun. A person who fights duels.
Generic synonyms: Adversary, Antagonist, Opponent, Opposer, Resister
Derivative terms: Duel, Duel, Duel, Duel, Duel, Duel, Duel
Definition of Duellist
1. Noun. One who participates in a duel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duellist
1. duelist [n -S] - See also: duelist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duellist
Literary usage of Duellist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"The duellist, in proving his bravery, shows that he thinks it suspected. 3.
The duellist values his honor above the life of his antagonist and the happiness ..."
2. The American First Class Book: Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation by John Pierpont (1835)
"Dialogue between Mercury, an English duellist, and a North American Savage. ...
duellist. Savage. Yes, I learned it in my childhood, having been bred up for ..."
3. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"duellist. Sir, I gamed, as I told you. I eat as well as any man either in England or
... But what else canst thou do, thou bragging rascal 1 duellist. ..."
4. Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose by Vicesimus Knox (1824)
"duellist. I sung very agreeably. duellist. The lie given me !—and, alas ! ...
duellist. Oh, my honour, my honour, to what infamy art thou fallen ! ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1893)
"An old duellist has-been heard to sav that he would rather lefs half-smile still
lingered and the old stamp of utter unrestraint was as plain as ever. ..."
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