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How to pronounce duelist in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dueler, dueller, duellist
Type of adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
Derivation duel

Examples of duelist

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Supporting the other duelist was a Maj. Norris Wright.
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Yet this poet-duelist ham who boasts of besting 100 men in a single encounter has proved endearing.
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Dr. Johnson was threatened by an offended duelist.
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If a duelist decided not to aim at his opponent there was a well-known procedure, available to everyone involved, for doing so.
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The eponymous main character, Hrafnkell, starts out his career as a fearsome duelist and a dedicated worshiper of the god Freyr.
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Wigfall's reputation as a duelist, often exaggerated, followed him his entire life, even though he gave up the practice entirely after his marriage.
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One duelist was Dewi Sukarno, 39, the sloe-eyed, Japanese-born widow of the Indonesian strongman and a relentless Paris partygoer for the past half a dozen years.
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Despite this, Rock concocts a plan to defeat the gunship, deducing that the gunship pilot's mentality is akin to that of a duelist wanting to face their opponent face-to-face.
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However, she also makes new political enemies and suffers several personal losses, including the murder of her lover by a professional duelist sent by Pavel Young.
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