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单词 dueller
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duellerduelern.

Brit. /ˈdjuːələ/, /ˈdʒuːələ/, U.S. /ˈd(j)uələr/
Forms: 1600s– dueller, 1800s– dueler (chiefly U.S.).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: duel n., -er suffix1; duel v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: Originally < duel n. + -er suffix1; compare later duel v. In later use also partly < duel v. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier duellist n.
1. A person who engages in a duel or duels; a duellist. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat
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defendantc1450
combatant1489
appellant1520
defender?c1525
principal1590
duellist1593
champion1597
combater1598
dueller1614
battailant1620
pistol man1784
monomachist1828
1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 9 in Parl. Vertues Royal Those valiant Romans..plac't not Honour there where now it stands..Nor stood vpon Puntillios, for Repute, As now-adayes your Duellers pursew't.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlviii. sig. I2 His conscience interposes, it self betwixt Duellers.
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 41 These perpetual Talkers, Disputants,..and Duellers of the Tongue!
1713 tr. Acct. Abolishing Duels in France 45 If one or both of the Duellers be Killed, We Will and Command that the Criminal Process be made against the Memory of the Dead.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 297 I have been accused..as a Dueller, and now as a Profligate.
1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 81 Gamesters, duelers, adulterers, scoffers, the foes of God and the pests of men.
1883 Nat. Rev. Apr. 177 The stage then restored..to the Bastille its mysterious prisoners, and to the Pré aux Clercs its saucy duellers.
1914 Spectator 28 Nov. 742/1 The best phrases for literary duellers have..been forged in France.
1967 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 27 Apr. 24/5 A dueler who purposely inflicts a cheek wound is disqualified.
2004 S. Dunn Jefferson's Second Revol. xii. 250 In 1803, a resolution prohibiting duelers from holding any office in the national government was defeated in the House of Representatives.
2. A pistol designed to be used in a duel, typically forming one of a pair in which both pistols are designed to be identical, so that neither participant would gain an undue advantage from using one pistol or the other.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of
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belt pistol1833
dueller1835
Colt1838
tickler1844
Derringer1853
cocking pistol1858
belt size1866
bulldozer1880
saloon pistol1899
Luger1904
Police Positive1905
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Saturday-night pistol1929
muff pistol1938
PPK1946
Makarov1958
Saturday-night special1959
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1835 E. Howard in Metrop. Mag. Aug. 421 Shoving his long-barrelled Manton duellers on to the middle of the table.
1853 Sporting Rev. Jan. 205 All the college canna find the buck-shot things, or the wee ones used wi' duellers.
1960 Times 3 Dec. (Classified section) 1/1 (advt.) Antique guns and pistols wanted. Cased duellers, Winchester rifles..and general old weapon miscellany.
2006 D. Lambdin King's Trade xxxiii. 312 He dropped both of his empty pistols and drew his last pair of single-barreled duellers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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