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duellists

n. (plural of duellist English)

Usage examples of "duellists".

Two ideas were opposed like duellists bent on the slaughter of one another.

Afternoon sun bronzed the duellists, pinned their shadows against the warm cobblestones of the castle courtyard.

They were listening for the whistle agreed upon, when suddenly savage cries resounded in the air, accompanied by reports which certainly did not issue from the car where the duellists were.

The crowd disposed itself on the fringe of the sward, and the duellists went forward, and set about the preparations.

Rings of shouting men gathered about the cursing duellists, who fought to the death over an accidental shove, a trivial insult, or the favors of some red-lipped, hip-swinging wench.