duel

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A public execution or a duel is a focus where burning curiosity concentrates; in the latter case, Ireland bears the palm for a crowd; in the former, the annals of the Old Bailey can amply testify.

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  1. noun A prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor.
  2. noun A struggle for domination between two contending persons, groups, or ideas.
  3. transitive verb To engage (another) in or as if in formal combat.
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  • But even a challenge to a duel was against the new law of Nevada; and obeying the warning of Governor North, the duellists crossed the border without ceremony, and stood not upon the order of their going. —  Mark Twain
  • At last a duel was arranged between the two principals. —  Coughlan, Robert - Private World of William Faulkner
  • I know that a duel is an act of cowardice, and so, without once looking him in the face, I turn my back on the foe, then I hasten to my Saviour, and vow that I am ready to shed my blood in witness of my belief in Heaven. —  The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame)
  • I'll never tell Well, a duel is a quick affair because it takes only two seconds to arrange it There won't be a duel in this case," grunted Browning; "but there'll be a cold-blooded murder if you kids keep on. —  Frank Merriwell's Races
  • A public execution or a duel is a focus where burning curiosity concentrates; in the latter case, Ireland bears the palm for a crowd; in the former, the annals of the Old Bailey can amply testify. —  Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English duelle, from Medieval Latin duellum, from Latin, war, archaic variant of bellum.

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  1. = D. Danish duel = G. Swedish duell, from French duel, from Italian duello = Spanish duelo = Portuguese duello, from Middle Latin duellum, literally a combat between two, a restored form of Latin helium, Old Latin duellum, war (see bellicose, ete.), from duo = English two.
  2. = Dutch duelleren = German duelliren = Danish duellere = Swedish duellera; from the noun.
 

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