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grappler

noun

Etymology

From grapple + -er.

  1. derived from *gʰrebʰ-✻ — “to gather, rake, grab, seize”
  2. derived from *grabōną✻ — “to gather, rake”
  3. derived from *grabbōn✻
  4. derived from gravan
  5. borrowed from grabben — “to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”
  6. borrowed from grabben
  7. suffixed as grapple — “grab + le”
  8. suffixed as grappler — “grapple + er”

Definitions

  1. One who grapples.

    • They were cheerful optimists; indomitable grapplers with forest and flood, who did almost incredible things with ax and saw and giant-powder.

  2. A wrestler

    A wrestler; one who fights by wrestling.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA