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A quarrelsome or belligerent person; a fighter.
A pugnacious person; a brawler. Obsolete.
figurative. A belligerent, pugnacious, or aggressive person; a person experienced at fighting. Cf. gamecock, n. 2.
slang. With reference to a person. A person who is fond of fighting. Obsolete.
A person who is fond of quarrelling or fighting; spec. a duellist. Now rare.
A rowdy, quarrelsome person.