BATTLER

combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper

(noun) someone who fights (or is fighting)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

battler (plural battlers)

One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.

(Australian, dated) An itinerant worker or unemployed person.

One who who works hard in the face of adversity.

Etymology 2

Noun

battler (plural battlers)

Alternative form of batteler

Anagrams

• Barlett, Bartelt, Brattel, Talbert, blatter, brattle

Source: Wiktionary


Bat"tel*er, Bat"tler, n. Etym: [See 2d Battel, n.]

Definition: A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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