单词 | dueller |
释义 | duellerduelern. 1. A person who engages in a duel or duels; a duellist. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat campionc1320 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. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of dag1587 key gun1607 pocket pistol1612 key pistol1663 holster-pistol1679 troop pistol1688 horse pistol1704 screw-barrel1744 saddle pistol1764 air pistol1780 Wogdon1786 belt pistol1833 dueller1835 Colt1838 tickler1844 Derringer1853 cocking pistol1858 belt size1866 bulldozer1880 saloon pistol1899 Luger1904 Police Positive1905 Steyr1920 Saturday-night pistol1929 muff pistol1938 PPK1946 Makarov1958 Saturday-night special1959 puffer1963 snub nose1979 snubby1981 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). < n.1614 |
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