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BATTLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battler mean?
• BATTLER (noun)
The noun BATTLER has 1 sense:
1. someone who fights (or is fighting)
Familiarity information: BATTLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who fights (or is fighting)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper
Hypernyms ("battler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "battler"):
defender; withstander (a fighter who holds out against attack)
boxer; pugilist (someone who fights with his fists for sport)
brawler (a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls))
butter (a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head)
fencer; swordsman (someone skilled at fencing)
gladiator ((ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat)
gouger (an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye)
gamecock; hell-kite; hell-rooster (someone who is a very fierce fighter)
mauler (a fighter who batters the opponent)
skirmisher (someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party))
street fighter; tough (someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing)
master; superior; victor (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
grappler; matman; wrestler (combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground)
Derivation:
battle (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle)
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