"duelist" meaning in English

See duelist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-duelist.wav Forms: duelists [plural], duellist [alternative]
Etymology: From duel + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|duel|ist}} duel + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} duelist (plural duelists)
  1. A person who fights a duel. Synonyms: dueler Translations (Translations): μονομάχος (monomákhos) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), duelista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), duelant [masculine] (Czech), duelisto (Esperanto), duelliste [feminine, masculine] (French), duelista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Duellant [masculine] (German), μονομάχος (monomáchos) [masculine] (Greek), duellante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), двобојник (dvobojnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), duelista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), дуэля́нт (dueljánt) [masculine] (Russian), duelista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duel",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "duel + -ist",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From duel + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duelists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duellist",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "duelist (plural duelists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ist",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "en:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who fights a duel."
      ],
      "id": "en-duelist-en-noun-f9FPTv8~",
      "links": [
        [
          "duel",
          "duel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dueler"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelista"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelant"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "duelisto"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelliste"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelista"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Duellant"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "monomáchos",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μονομάχος"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "monomákhos",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μονομάχος"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duellante"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "dvobojnik",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "двобојник"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelista"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "dueljánt",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дуэля́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelista"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-duelist.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duelist"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duel",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "duel + -ist",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From duel + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duelists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duellist",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "duelist (plural duelists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ist",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:People",
        "en:Violence"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who fights a duel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duel",
          "duel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-duelist.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-duelist.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dueler"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelant"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "duelisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelliste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Duellant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "monomáchos",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μονομάχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "monomákhos",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μονομάχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duellante"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "dvobojnik",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двобојник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "dueljánt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дуэля́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelista"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duelist"
}

Download raw JSONL data for duelist meaning in English (3.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.