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duelist

American  
[doo-uh-list, dyoo-] / ˈdu ə lɪst, ˈdju- /
especially British, duellist

noun

  1. a person who participates in a duel.


Etymology

Origin of duelist

First recorded in 1585–95; duel + -ist


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Cabras, who is Filipino, said she felt represented by one of the agents in particular: Neon, a blue- and yellow-haired duelist from the Philippines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

One need not be a pugilist like Teddy Roosevelt or duelist like Andrew Jackson to defend one’s honor.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2016

He also began earning a reputation as a womanizer and a duelist, in one instance fighting a Nazi sympathizer for the honor of his Jewish fraternity, according to the British author and journalist Nigel Farndale.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2016

In fact, a duelist “fights not for gain from his adversary but to declare who or what he is.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2015

To be famed as a duelist is no worthy claim to admiration, but to fight hand to hand with knife for weapon is significant of high courage.

From Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

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