Duel
31duel — {{11}}duel (n.) 1590s (from late 13c. in Latin form), from M.L. duellum combat between two persons, by association with L. duo two, but originally from L. duellum war, an Old Latin form of bellum. Retained in poetic and archaic language and… …
32Duel — 1) Duel Thriller de Steven Spielberg, avec Dennis Weaver (David Mann), Jacqueline Scott (Mrs. Mann), Eddie Firestone (le patron du café), Lou Frizzell (le conducteur de l autobus). Scénario: Richard Matheson Photographie: Jack A. Marta… …
33duel — 1. noun 1) he was killed in a duel Syn: affair of honor; single combat; (sword) fight, confrontation, face off, shoot out 2) a chess duel Syn: contest, match, game, meet, encounter …
34duel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin duellum, from Old Latin, war Date: 15th century 1. a combat between two persons; specifically a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses 2. a… …
35duel — du|el1 [ duəl ] noun count 1. ) a fight between two men with guns or swords, used in the past by men of high social status to defend their honor after being insulted 2. ) a close competition between two people or teams 3. ) an argument between… …
36duel — 1 noun (C) 1 a fight with weapons between two people, used in the past to settle a quarrel: The officer challenged him to a duel. 2 a situation in which two people or groups are involved in an angry disagreement 2 verb duelling, duelled BrE,… …
37duel — noun 1) he was killed in a duel Syn: single combat, fight, confrontation, head to head; informal shoot out 2) a snooker duel Syn: contest, match, game, meet, encounter, clash …
38duél — a m (ẹ̑) knjiž. dvoboj: pozvati koga na duel / duel med levico in desnico v vladajoči stranki …
39duel — n. & v. n. 1 hist. a contest with deadly weapons between two people, in the presence of two seconds, to settle a point of honour. 2 any contest between two people, parties, causes, animals, etc. (a duel of wits). v.intr. (duelled, duelling; US… …
40duel — Synonyms and related words: affair of honor, battle, box, brawl, broil, buck, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, contend, contest, cut and thrust, dispute, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, give and take, give… …
