battle
noun
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces.
battler
-
a word derived from
battle.
Example Sentences
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"I know Craig is a battler and he has proved it by his survival of this awful ordeal."
From BBC ● May 22, 2024
Often in conversations with Roth, one hears how the battler — he boxed as a youth in Brooklyn — holds his ground until that moment not of surrender but of equanimity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
In one breakthrough moment, Levchin, a devoted battler of foreign hackers, plays Wagner’s “The Ride of the Valkyries”; other staff members blasted Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” for inspiration.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
Relegation battler Saint-Etienne won 2-1 at Clermont thanks to a late goal from defender Timothee Kolodziejczak to move into 18th spot.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
There, in the little natural amphitheatre, with only the ancient trees as silent witnesses, was staged again the oft-fought fight between the boxer and the battler, but the decision was not to rest on points.
From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by H. Weston Taylor
