DUELLIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does duellist mean? 

• DUELLIST (noun)
  The noun DUELLIST has 1 sense:

1. a person who fights duels

  Familiarity information: DUELLIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUELLIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who fights duels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dueler; duelist; dueller; duellist

Hypernyms ("duellist" is a kind of...):

adversary; antagonist; opponent; opposer; resister (someone who offers opposition)

Derivation:

duel (any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups))

duel (a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor)

 Context examples 

For my part, I was thinking of our opponent’s deadly reputation as a duellist, and I suppose that my features must have betrayed my feelings, for my uncle began to laugh.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I thought of Sir Lothian’s murderous repute as a duellist, and I trembled for my uncle.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the way, you’re a bit of a duellist yourself, Tregellis.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)