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noun

combat between two persons.

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Origin of single combat

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby single combat

single-blind, single bond, single-breasted, single-celled, single-cell protein, single combat, single cream, single-cross, single cut, single-cut file, single-decker

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How to use single combat in a sentence

Then Fitzmaurice objected to single combat, and proposed that there should be fifty a side.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
So might a despairing soul beat against the gates of hell and summon the devil to single combat.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
We even hear of William challenging Harold to decide the dispute by single combat.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Only with the dawn of the political era do we find regulated single combat.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

Du Chastel on the other hand maintained that he had not sworn, and he challenged the captain to meet him in single combat.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France