duellistduelistn.

Brit.

/ˈdjuːəlɪst/,

/ˈdʒuːəlɪst/, U.S.

/ˈd(j)uələst/

Forms: 1500s– duellist, 1600s dualist, 1600s– duelist (now chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: duel n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < duel n. + -ist suffix. Compare Italian duellista, noun (15th cent.), Middle French, French duelliste (late 16th cent. as adjective in two isolated attestations, 1623 as noun).

1. A person who participates in a duel or duels, or who practises duelling. Now chiefly historical.

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

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 155 It is a glory for the inferiour, to offer the combat, like the Champion of prowes, or the Duellist of courage.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xlviii, in Wks. I. 781 He..hath no honor lost our Due'llists say.

a1670 S. Collins Present State Russia (1671) xviii. 84 They [sc. birds] are in continual war..and will lie on their guards with their bills on the ground, and at first advantage run a tilt with their single Rapiers, as violently as any Duellist.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 84. ⁋4 By the Force of a Tyrant Custom, which is mis-named a Point of Honour, the Duellist kills his Friend.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xl. 247 Many worthy men have been in the sad case of the surviving duellist.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xvi. 256 What I have written will not avail..the professed duellist.

1863 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 23 Oct. 4/2 These men are all practiced duelists... They intend to kill.

1937 Boys' Life June 17/3 The old duelist was right in that honor, rectitude and chivalry are still more valuable than a human life.

2011 M. Beardsley Matter of Honour ii. 143 One of the most celebrated female duellists lived in France at the end of the 17^th century—Julie La Maupin.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 19 Lo how the victorious Duellist stretcheth-out the armes of his Prowesse, to runne vppon those poore Letters with a maine carreere.

1675 R. Boyle Refl. Hypothesis Alcali & Acidum vii. 35 in Exper. Particular Qualities The Duellists (or the two jarring Principles of Alcali and Acidum).

1762 New & Gen. Biogr. Dict. XI. 249 The title of his books, some of them at least, shew, that he was one of the greatest duellists in the republic of letters.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. xi. 499 The blind wrestling of controversial duellists.

1934 Washington Post 16 July 18/2 It was the late and beloved W. O. McGeehan whose impish mind saw in swordfish the duellist of the sea.

2004 J. Ross Out of Storm vi. 60 Wyatt was an accomplished political duelist who wasn't above using anything or anyone as a weapon.

Derivatives

dueˈllistic adj. relating to, characteristic of, or suggestive of a duellist or duelling.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > single combat or duel

singular1382

single1592

near-fighting1598

monomachica1610

duellary1612

close-handed1845

duellistic1852

1852 Reynolds's Newspaper 24 Oct. 4/4 The deceased has ever acted savagely with almost every one, counting upon his duellistic force.

1913 Chautauquan Mar. 84 These mildly duellistic struggles occur about once a week.

2003 O. O'Donovan Just War Revisited i. 28 This conception will..break the stranglehold of the notion that war is essentially duellistic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	duellist
释义	duellistduelistn. Brit. /ˈdjuːəlɪst/, /ˈdʒuːəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈd(j)uələst/ Forms: 1500s– duellist, 1600s dualist, 1600s– duelist (now chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: duel n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < duel n. + -ist suffix. Compare Italian duellista, noun (15th cent.), Middle French, French duelliste (late 16th cent. as adjective in two isolated attestations, 1623 as noun). 1. A person who participates in a duel or duels, or who practises duelling. Now chiefly historical. 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 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 155 It is a glory for the inferiour, to offer the combat, like the Champion of prowes, or the Duellist of courage. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xlviii, in Wks. I. 781 He..hath no honor lost our Due'llists say. a1670 S. Collins Present State Russia (1671) xviii. 84 They [sc. birds] are in continual war..and will lie on their guards with their bills on the ground, and at first advantage run a tilt with their single Rapiers, as violently as any Duellist. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 84. ⁋4 By the Force of a Tyrant Custom, which is mis-named a Point of Honour, the Duellist kills his Friend. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xl. 247 Many worthy men have been in the sad case of the surviving duellist. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xvi. 256 What I have written will not avail..the professed duellist. 1863 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 23 Oct. 4/2 These men are all practiced duelists... They intend to kill. 1937 Boys' Life June 17/3 The old duelist was right in that honor, rectitude and chivalry are still more valuable than a human life. 2011 M. Beardsley Matter of Honour ii. 143 One of the most celebrated female duellists lived in France at the end of the 17^th century—Julie La Maupin. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 19 Lo how the victorious Duellist stretcheth-out the armes of his Prowesse, to runne vppon those poore Letters with a maine carreere. 1675 R. Boyle Refl. Hypothesis Alcali & Acidum vii. 35 in Exper. Particular Qualities The Duellists (or the two jarring Principles of Alcali and Acidum). 1762 New & Gen. Biogr. Dict. XI. 249 The title of his books, some of them at least, shew, that he was one of the greatest duellists in the republic of letters. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. xi. 499 The blind wrestling of controversial duellists. 1934 Washington Post 16 July 18/2 It was the late and beloved W. O. McGeehan whose impish mind saw in swordfish the duellist of the sea. 2004 J. Ross Out of Storm vi. 60 Wyatt was an accomplished political duelist who wasn't above using anything or anyone as a weapon. Derivatives dueˈllistic adj. relating to, characteristic of, or suggestive of a duellist or duelling. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > single combat or duel singular1382 single1592 near-fighting1598 monomachica1610 duellary1612 close-handed1845 duellistic1852 1852 Reynolds's Newspaper 24 Oct. 4/4 The deceased has ever acted savagely with almost every one, counting upon his duellistic force. 1913 Chautauquan Mar. 84 These mildly duellistic struggles occur about once a week. 2003 O. O'Donovan Just War Revisited i. 28 This conception will..break the stranglehold of the notion that war is essentially duellistic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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