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Meaning of duel in English
Pronunciation
/ˈd(j)uəl/
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Verb
duel
Definitions
1.
fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
Examples
« In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters »
Noun
duel
Etymology
late 15th century: from Latin duellum, archaic and literary form of bellum‘war’, used in medieval Latin with the meaning ‘combat between two persons’, partly influenced by dualis‘of two’. The original sense was ‘single combat used to decide a judicial dispute’; the sense ‘contest to decide a point of honor’ dates from the early 17th century
Definitions
1.
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
2.
any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)