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Duel

Duel Meaning & Definition
Duel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Duel?

[n] any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
[n] a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
[v] fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Duel: affaire d'honneur

Related Terms | Find terms related to Duel: affair of honor | battle | box | brawl | broil | buck | clash | close | collide | combat | come to blows | contend | contest | cut and thrust | dispute | exchange blows | fence | feud | fight | fight a duel | give and take | give satisfaction | grapple | grapple with | jostle | joust | mix it up | monomachy | oppose | quarrel | rassle | repel | riot | run a tilt | satisfaction | scramble | scuffle | single combat | skirmish | spar | strive | struggle | thrust and parry | tilt | tourney | traverse | tussle | wage war | war | withstand | wrestle

See Also | battle | combat | fight | fight | fighting | struggle | struggle

Duel In Webster's Dictionary

\Du"el\, n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See {Bellicose}, {Two}, and cf. {Duello}.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. {Trial by duel} (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.
\Du"el\, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]

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