Definition of Duellist

1. Noun. A person who fights duels.

Exact synonyms: Dueler, Duelist, Dueller
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

dued
dueful
duel
dueled
dueler
duelers
dueling
duelist
duelists
duelled
dueller
duellers
duelli
duelling
duellings
duellist (current term)
duellists
duello
duellos
duels
duelsome
duende
duendes
dueness
duenesses
duenna
duennas
duennaship
duennaships
dues

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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