duelist
noun
a person who participates in a duel.
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
I have seen a desperate duellist disgrace himself by a cowardly flight in the field of battle.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
You are a seducer, and a duellist, and call yourself a man of honour!
From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald
Eisendecker was a bold, hotheaded fellow, fond of all the riotous excesses of Burschen life; his face, seamed with many a scar, declared him a 'hahn,' as in student phrase a confirmed duellist is termed.
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
