SCRAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrapper mean? 

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

1. someone who fights (or is fighting)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRAPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who fights (or is fighting)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrapper"):

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:

scrap (have a disagreement over something)

 Context examples 

The other boys said he was all right, and gave him advice, pointing out his faults as a scrapper and promising him victory if he carried out their instructions.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)