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quarreller

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quar·rel 1   (kwôr'əl, kwŏr'-)   
n.  
  1. An angry dispute; an altercation.

  2. A cause of a dispute or an argument: We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.

intr.v.   quar·reled or quar·relled, quar·rel·ing or quar·rel·ling, quar·rels
  1. To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See Synonyms at argue.

  2. To disagree; differ: I quarrel with your conclusions.

  3. To find fault; complain.


[Middle English querele, from Old French, complaint, from Latin querella, querēla, from querī, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]
quar'rel·er, quar'rel·ler n.
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