dueller
Honor-bound fighter
A dueller is someone who fights a duel—a formal combat between two people, typically with swords or pistols, to settle a point of honor.
The term appears in historical contexts and in figurative uses describing any intense one-on-one contest: The two pianists were duellers in the competition's final round.
Also spelled dueler.
One who engages in combat
- adversaryEnemy in conflict
- opponentOne who contends against
- combatantOne who fights
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
contender · rival · antagonist · foe · swordsman · pistoleer · marksman · seconds
Flint-sparked firearm mechanism
- secondsTime units, or extras
- pacesRates of progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- dawnDay's first glow
shot · misfire · smoothbore · percussion · ball · powder · aim · discharge
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- secondsTime units, or extras
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- challengedDisputed or questioned
challenger · principal · ground · dawn · illegal · banned · outlawed · Hamilton
fighter
One who engages in combat
challenger · contender · rival · antagonist · foe · swordsman · pistoleer · marksman · seconds · principal
flintlock
Flint-sparked firearm mechanism
dawn · shot · misfire · smoothbore · percussion · ball · powder · aim · discharge · wounded
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- secondsTime units, or extras
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
challenged · challenger · principal · ground · dawn · illegal · banned · outlawed · Hamilton · Pushkin
fencing
Combat with blunted blades
foil · thrust · parry · riposte · lunge · feint · bladework · touché · corps-à-corps · disengage
chivalry
Knightly code of honor
reputation · gallantry · gentleman · nobility · code · integrity · satisfaction · redress · affront · insult
duellerbrawler
Habitual fist-fighter
street fighter · rioter · thug · hooligan · berserker
duellerpacifist
Anti-violence believer
peacemaker · mediator · conciliator · arbiter · conscientious objector
- duelling pistolsMatched firearms for ritualized combat