Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - duel
Duel
duel
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 dueled, dueling) fight a duel or duels. Derivatives dueller n. (US dueler). duellist n. (US duelist). Etymology: It. duello or L duellum (archaic form of bellum war), in med.L = single combat
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~lum, from Old Latin, war Date: 15th century a combat between two persons, a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces, II. verb (~ed or ~led; ~ing or ~ling) Date: circa 1645 intransitive verb to fight a ~, transitive verb to encounter (an opponent) in a ~, ~er or ~ler noun ~ist or ~list noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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