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 [doo-uh-list, dyoo-]  

du·el·ist

   [doo-uh-list, dyoo-]
noun
a person who participates in a duel.
Also, especially British, du·el·list.
Also called du·el·er; especially British, du·el·ler.

Origin:
1585–95; duel + -ist
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duel (ˈdjuːəl)
 
—n
1.  a prearranged combat with deadly weapons between two people following a formal procedure in the presence of seconds and traditionally fought until one party was wounded or killed, usually to settle a quarrel involving a point of honour
2.  a contest or conflict between two persons or parties
 
—vb , duels, duelling, duelled, duels, dueling, dueled
3.  to fight in a duel
4.  to contest closely
 
[C15: from Medieval Latin duellum, from Latin, poetical variant of bellum war; associated by folk etymology with Latin duo two]
 
'dueller
 
—n
 
'duellist
 
—n

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