Duelist [noun]
Definition of Duelist:
person engaged in hostile encounter
Synonyms of Duelist:
● Warrior
● Champion
● Militant
● Soldier
● Boxer
● Opponent
● Heavy
● Bully
● Rival
● Pugilist
● Wildcat
● Tanker
● Warlord
● GI
● Bruiser
● Brawler
● Scrapper
● Battler
● Slugger
● Jouster
Sentence/Example of Duelist:
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.
The indignant duelist hurried off to a printing-office, and said to the proprietor, "I want you to print this immediately."
This suggestion had its effect, and the silver coin obtained from the proprietor of the stable a place for the duelist's placard.
But his form was elegant; a duelist and aggressive, he looked like a young military captain in citizen's dress.
There were one or two gamblers, a skillful duelist, and men who still drank whiskey who had voluntarily sought the camp.
Her feminine fancy exalted the escaped duelist and alleged assassin into a social martyr.