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  • noun Plural form of duelist.

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Examples

  • It is at once quite another situation if, as e.g. in North America, society determines to let the duelists bear certain evil consequences of their act, e.g. withdrawal of the credit hitherto enjoyed.

    Coercion, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Reckless as to his own safety, the clerk grabbed the sword arm of the nearest man, thrust himself between the two duelists, and insisted that they lay down their swords.

    Excerpt: Wedlock by Wendy Moore 2009

  • The motion-capture animation is spectacular: a float plane's crash landing on a desert; motorcyclists on a wild chase after a falcon in flight; a dam break; a flood; dueling cargo cranes, dueling duelists.

    'Tattoo': Raw, Rousing and Rather Redundant Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Also, a TCG scenario that rewards card duelists with the exclusive Star Shot Candle item

    Can Sony’s Free Realms Compete With Club Penguin? 2009

  • Reckless as to his own safety, the clerk grabbed the sword arm of the nearest man, thrust himself between the two duelists, and insisted that they lay down their swords.

    Excerpt: Wedlock by Wendy Moore 2009

  • But when the intimidation from his Cadeleonian classmates turns bloody, Kiram unexpectedly finds himself befriended by Javier Tornesal, the leader of a group of cardsharps, duelists and lotharios who call themselves Hellions.

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2010

  • Elizabeth and Richard strode toward each other with the deliberate steps of eighteenth-century duelists in Hyde Park.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • Think of Goya's cudgel-wielding duelists, we can now look at artworks without choosing sides.

    ArtScene: Joachim Bandau and Cornelia Schulz Deliver Optical Pleasure with Intellectual Vigor ArtScene 2010

  • Elizabeth and Richard strode toward each other with the deliberate steps of eighteenth-century duelists in Hyde Park.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • But when the intimidation from his Cadeleonian classmates turns bloody, Kiram unexpectedly finds himself befriended by Javier Tornesal, the leader of a group of cardsharps, duelists and lotharios who call themselves Hellions.

    Archive 2010-04-01 John 2010

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