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MAULER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mauler mean?
• MAULER (noun)
The noun MAULER has 1 sense:
1. a fighter who batters the opponent
Familiarity information: MAULER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fighter who batters the opponent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
Jack Dempsey was called a mauler
Hypernyms ("mauler" is a kind of...):
battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))
Derivation:
maul (injure badly by beating)
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