One who fights; occasionally a fighting man, a warrior.

One who strives with others; a contender, competitor. †In early use also, one given to strife, a contentious person.

One who contends or is given to contention; a combatant, rival, competitor, disputant, wrangler. Const for (an object).

One who struggles.

One given to contention; a contender.

A person engaged in war or conflict; a combatant. Chiefly in extended uses or in metaphorical contexts. Obsolete.

A contending party, one who contends.

figurative.

One who conflicts or contends, a combatant.

one who engages in a counter-scuffle; a competitor.

A person engaged in a dispute, contest, or struggle; a main character in a drama or course of events, a protagonist.

One who scrambles. (Cf. scambler, n.)

The main figure, or one of the most prominent figures, in any situation; a prominent supporter or champion of a cause.

figurative or transferred to other hostile agents.