Duellist
111Kervin — Recorded in various spellings including O Kirwan, the popular Kirwan, and Kervan, Kervin, Kervon and Kirvin, the latter forms being principally recorded in the province of Munster, this is an Irish surname. It is a developed form of the pre 10th… …
112Kirvin — Recorded in various spellings including O Kirwan, the popular Kirwan, and Kervan, Kervon and Kirvin, the latter forms being principally recorded in the province of Munster, this is an Irish surname. It is a developed form of the pre 10th century… …
113Kirwan — Recorded in various spellings including O Kirwan, the popular Kirwan, and Kervan, Kervon and Kirvin, the latter forms being principally recorded in the province of Munster, this is an Irish surname. It is a developed form of the pre 10th century… …
114duel — noun chiefly historical a prearranged contest with deadly weapons between two people to settle a point of honour. ↘(in modern use) a contest between two parties. verb (duels, duelling, duelled; US duels, dueling, dueled) fight a duel. Derivatives …
115fire-eater — n. 1. Duellist, fighting character, quarrelsome brawler. 2. Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, Hector, Hotspur, mock hero …
116Cyrano de Bergerac — /sɪranoʊ də ˈbɛəʒərak/ (say sirahnoh duh bairzhuhrahk), /səˌranoʊ də ˈbɜʒəræk/ (say suh.rahnoh duh berzhuhrak) noun Savinien /saviˈnjæ̃/ (say sahvee nyan), 1619–55, French soldier, duellist, and romantic writer; hero of play of the same name… …
117duel — /ˈdjuəl / (say dyoohuhl) noun 1. a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel. 2. any contest between two persons or parties. –verb (i)… …
118second — I. /ˈsɛkənd / (say sekuhnd) adjective 1. next after the first in order, place, time, rank, value, quality, etc.; (the ordinal of two). 2. alternate: every second Monday. 3. Music the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice: second… …
119Churchill, Charles — (1731 1764) London born Churchill, the son of a clergyman, was educated at Westminster School, although it is uncertain that he went to Cambridge University. He was ordained more from necessity than conviction or desire and succeeded his… …
120duel — ► NOUN 1) historical a pre arranged contest with deadly weapons between two people to settle a point of honour. 2) a contest between two parties. ► VERB (duelled, duelling; US dueled, dueling) ▪ fight a duel …
