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fisticuffer

noun

Etymology

From fisticuff + -er.

  1. derived from *kupjō✻ — “cap”
  2. derived from *kuffju✻
  3. derived from *kuf(f)ja✻ — “headdress”
  4. derived from cofia
  5. inherited from cuffie — “hood, cap”
  6. inherited from cuffe
  7. compounded as fisticuff — “fist + cuff”
  8. suffixed as fisticuffer — “fisticuff + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who engages in fisticuffs

    A person who engages in fisticuffs; a pugilist.

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