brawler
brawler is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One that brawls; wrangler. Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adversary
- adverse
- antagonist
- assailant
- bete
- blusterer
- boaster
- braggart
- brangler
- bulldozer
- bully
- competitor
- dare-devil
- demagogue
- desperado
- disputant
- doctrinaire
- dogmatist
- drawcansir
- eater
- enemy
- fanfaron
- filibuster
- fire
- fop
- fury
- hoodlum
- jackanapes
- jingo
- larrikin
- malapert
- malcontent
- minx
- obstructionist
- obstructive
- opponent
- opposition
- oppositionist
- other
- party
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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