Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A combatant in single fight; a duelist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who engages in a duel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who fights a
duel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who fights duels
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Examples
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I have a sawback flintlock pistol that replicates a dueler (a Traditions Trapper) in 50 caliber.
Transmitting History 2008
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His analysis of bluffing as a poker strategy, as well as his research on dueling -- using statistics to determine the most opportune moment for a dueler to shoot -- helped establish him as an expert in game theory.
David H. Blackwell dies at 91; pioneering statistician at Howard and Berkeley 2010
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Alternatively, like a dueler, cut the thoughts off completely, wham-wham, as soon as they occur.
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I'ma smack u in the head and make u into a dueler. with my sig-sauer I'll make u look like Dennis Meuller.
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Alternatively, like a dueler, cut the thoughts off completely, wham-wham, as soon as they occur.
A Commentary on A Root Text for Gelug-Kagyu Mahamudra the First Panchen Lama Lozang-chokyi-gyeltsen 2006
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And Jackson, the great dueler, who wouldn ` t take any insult -- he was Jackson ` s protege, and everyone said that Jackson would be critical of him because he took those insults, but on the contrary, Jackson said he admired his pacific attitude and courage in accepting leadership and not responding, as many did in that day.
James K. Polk 2004
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Prof. APPLEBY: Andrew Jackson was -- was known as a dueler.
Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans 2000
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How bitter it was that the most guilty party, Calvin, was untouchable by shame, and therefore could not have his adultery used against him, unless Lord Ashworth was a champion dueler (and even then, Margaret suspected that in a duel with Calvin, Lord Ashworth would find that his pistol would not fire and his sword would break right off).
Heartfire Card, Orson Scott 1998
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Alternatively, like a dueler, cut the thoughts off completely, wham-wham, as soon as they occur.
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� 4 Meditation on the Conventional Nature of Mind 1997
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Alternatively, like a dueler, cut the thoughts off completely, wham-wham, as soon as they occur.
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