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Synonyms for brawler

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brawl
Phonetic Transcription : brɔl

Top 10 synonyms for brawler
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Définition of brawler

Origin :
  • late 14c., braulen "to cry out, scold, quarrel," probably related to Dutch brallen "to boast," or from French brailler "to shout noisily," frequentative of braire "to bray" (see bray (v.)). Meaning "quarrel, wrangle, squabble" is from early 15c. Related: Brawled; brawling.
  • As in rowdy : noun person who is boisterous, noisy
  • As in fighter : noun person engaged in hostile encounter
Example sentences :
  • Its professor and defender is sometimes at bottom a brawler and a clown.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • He charges me as a brawler, a disturber of the peace and order of the city.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • Am I, who was once a gentleman, a rascal as well as a brawler?
  • Extract from : « Captain Ravenshaw » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • He may be a brawler, or a proud man, or a sleek, or an artful.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of a Policeman » by William Russell (aka Thomas Waters)
  • And though in no manner a brawler, a life of enterprise suited me mightily.
  • Extract from : « In Search of Mademoiselle » by George Gibbs
  • The bishop is charged to be no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles » by Alfred Plummer
  • Such as the bishop should be, such must you be—no brawler—no striker.
  • Extract from : « The Man with a Shadow » by George Manville Fenn
  • The brawler was expelled from the cathedral,—but he had his revenge.
  • Extract from : « Cathedrals of Spain » by John A. (John Allyne) Gade
  • A brawler and a swashbuckler upon the hillsides was I.' Kim bit back a smile.
  • Extract from : « Kim » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Ah, you are a Sassun brawler who has seen nothing of the world!
  • Extract from : « Armenian Literature » by Anonymous

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