quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
quarreller
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a word derived from
quarrel.
Example Sentences
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But once you are set as a quarreller you quarrel and quarrel till you die.
From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Of all candidates at a club a known quarreller is more sure of blackballs now than even in the times when such a one provoked duels.
From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony
"I am no longer such a quarreller, Boris," he answered.
From Debts of Honor by Yolland, Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill)
There are certain principles in quarrelling, however, that the true quarreller ever bears in mind, and which, duly observed, do much to facilitate encounters.
From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
"Blind, foolish quarreller," said his conscience, "this would not have come to thee in fighting for the king and the country, nor if thou hadst listened to Olenka."
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
