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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024du•el /ˈduəl, ˈdyu-/USA pronunciation n., v., -eled or -elled, -el•ing or -el•ling. n. [countable] - a fight between two persons with deadly weapons according to an accepted procedure.
- a contest between two persons or teams:The game promises to be a real duel between quarterbacks.
v. - to fight in a duel: [no object]They had been dueling for hours and finally called a draw.[~ + object]He dueled his opponent for hours.
du•el•er, du•el•ist, n. [countable]See -du-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024du•el (do̅o̅′əl, dyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, esp. to settle a private quarrel.
- any contest between two persons or parties.
v.t., v.i. - to fight in a duel.
- Medieval Latin duellum, Latin: earlier form of bellum war, probably maintained and given sense "duel'' by association with Latin duo two
- earlier duell 1585–95
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