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
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
His fascination with game theory, for example, prompted him to investigate the mathematics of bluffing and to develop a theory on the optimal moment for an advancing duelist to open fire.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2010
Poet, scholar, and crack duelist, his sword was as mighty as his pen.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Saltus
