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
As DNA, a well-known 31-year-old battler from Queens put it, “I can name on one hand how many people I think are as lyrically inclined as a battle rapper.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Card battler Marvel Snap is coming out in October Disney announced that Marvel Snap, its Hearthstone-like card game for PC and mobile, will be released on October 18th.
From The Verge ● Sep. 9, 2022
It is a challenge out of time and space, and at sound of it the big fellow drew up tense like a battler in a ring.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
