duelist

Example Sentences

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Cabras, who is Filipino, said she felt represented by one of the agents in particular: Neon, a blue- and yellow-haired duelist from the Philippines.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

One need not be a pugilist like Teddy Roosevelt or duelist like Andrew Jackson to defend one’s honor.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2016

He also began earning a reputation as a womanizer and a duelist, in one instance fighting a Nazi sympathizer for the honor of his Jewish fraternity, according to the British author and journalist Nigel Farndale.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2016

In fact, a duelist “fights not for gain from his adversary but to declare who or what he is.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2015

Two attached permits granted each duelist the privilege of carrying one handgun with a capacity of not more than ten cartridges of not less than .32 caliber.

From Thy Rocks and Rills by Gilbert, Robert E.