One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.
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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.
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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
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One who packs boxes.
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One that brawls; wrangler.
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An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
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One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.
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One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
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The male game fowl.
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Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public am…
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See Plum Gouger.
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A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
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One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
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One who skirmishes.
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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…
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The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --…
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One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.
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One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.
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Waging war; carrying on war.
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Waging war; carrying on war.
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Waging war; carrying on war.
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Contending; disposed to contend.
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One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.
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