duellist
- a variation of duelist.
Example Sentences
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Marcus Trescothick is proving a very shrewd captain of a side that has several potential match-winners with the bat and an astute bowling attack, led by the arch one-day duellist, Alfonso Thomas.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2010
Consider the tragedy of Isadora Persano, "the well-known journalist and duellist who was found stark mad with a matchbox in front of him which contained a worm said to be unknown to science."
From Time Magazine Archive
Obtaining the dying man's pardon, the young duellist entered the marines, eventually commanded a privateer frigate, and took, near Martinique, a Dutch flute, containing 400,000 livres.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
A faint colour came into the face of the duellist.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler
He has been a novelist, a controversialist, a politician, a member of the Cortes, a republican, an orator, a traveller, an expatriate, a ranchman, a duellist, a journalist.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
