duel
noun/ˈˈd͡ʒuːəl//ˈdul/US
Etymology
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”). May have entered English through Middle French duel.
- derived from duel
Definitions
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- I have often thought since, how different my fate might have been, had I not fallen in love with Nora at that early age; and had I not flung the wine in Quin’s face, and so brought on the duel.
- Of course, not all the Railway Members were men of such talent. One member was "chiefly eminent as a whist player," and another was known for his duel with a fellow M.P. fought at Wormwood Scrubs in 1840.
- It has been 200 years, minus a few days, since Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel here. Weehawken and the duel have been tied together in an often-uncomfortable knot ever since.
Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
- a sniper duel
- But it leaves them with a few destroyers, the American destroyer force is falling back, and then you have the two cruiser lines with their respective battleships coming in for the big duel.
- Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans [title]
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To engage in a battle.
- The two dogs were duelling for the bone.
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