SINGLE COMBAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does single combat mean? 

• SINGLE COMBAT (noun)
  The noun SINGLE COMBAT has 1 sense:

1. a fight between two people

  Familiarity information: SINGLE COMBAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINGLE COMBAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fight between two people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat

Hypernyms ("single combat" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

 Context examples 

After a single combat of some duration they returned, and I saw, to my joy, both in Mrs. Crupp's countenance and in my aunt's, that the deed was done.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)