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