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Definition of Duelists
1. duelist [n] - See also: duelist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duelists
Literary usage of Duelists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1858)
"... duel between duelists, we must apply the principles of that code equally and
impartially in estimating the motives of the parties. IN A DREAM. ..."
2. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1825)
"Sir Francis Cottington to Lord Northampton on the punishment of duelists in Spain.
- [Ma. COTTON. TITUS C. IV. fol. 503. ..."
3. The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin (1899)
"... it was even currently reported that Graves consulted Henry Clay, Henry A.
Wise, and other Southern duelists, who urged him to challenge Mr. Cilley. ..."
4. The Quarterly Christian Spectator (1826)
"... according to all duelists, paramount to the law of God, and, according to the
Department of State, paramount also to the décidions of human "judgment ..."
5. The Christian Spectator (1826)
"... according to all duelists, paramount to the law of God, and, according to the
Department of State, paramount also to the decisions of human "judgment ..."
6. History of Ohio: The Rise and Progress of an American State by Emilius Oviatt Randall, Daniel Joseph Ryan (1912)
"The list of duelists makes the quiet and decent citizen of to-day shudder in
amazement; he will read the names of Gates, DeWitt Clinton, Randolph, Benton, ..."
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