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duelist

/doo-uh-list, dyoo-/US // ˈdu ə lɪst, ˈdyu- //

决斗者,决斗家,决斗士,决战者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who participates in a duel.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infighter

Examples

  • Their methods, too, were rather those of the duelist than the fighter, and this gave Barrington and Seth some advantage.

  • Van Loo paled slightly; he knew Jack's reputation as a duelist.

  • Poet, scholar, and crack duelist, his sword was as mighty as his pen.

  • He was a duelist of national fame, in those days when the border duels were fought with knife instead of pistol.

  • Hawke bowed gravely with the air of a satisfied duelist, and then carelessly swept the check and notes into his breast pocket.