Definitions for duel
ˈdu əl, ˈdyu-du·el

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. duel, affaire d'honneurnoun

   a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

2. duelverb

   any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)

3. duelverb

   fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman

   "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. duelnoun

   Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.

2. duelnoun

   Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)

3. duelnoun

   Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.

4. duelverb

   To engage in a duel.

5. Etymology: From duellum, under influence from duo, from duellum (whence bellum), from dāu-.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DUELnoun

   A combat between two; a single fight.

   Etymology: duellum, Latin.

   In many armies, if the matter should be tried by duel between two champions, the victory should go on the one side; and yet if it be tried by the gross, go on the other side. Francis Bacon.

   To whom thus Michael: dream not of your fight
   As of a duel, or the local wounds
   Of head or heel. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii. l. 387.

   ’Twas I that wrong’d you; you my life have sought:
   No duel ever was more justly fought. Edmund Waller.

2. To Duelverb

   To attack or fight with singly.

   Who single
   Duell’d their armies, rank’d in proud array,
   Himself an army, now unequal match
   To save himself against a coward arm’d,
   At one spear’s length. John Milton, Agonistes, l. 344.

3. To Duelverb

   To fight a single combat.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The challenging and fighting with a man, a certain positive mode of action, by particular ideas distinguished from all others, is called duelling. John Locke.

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1. Duel

   Duel is a song by Morganne Matis and was her first official single. It was released in March, 2004 not long after Morganne was voted out of the French TV talent show Star Academy (France) peaking the fifth position. Duel was successful both commercially and musically peaking No.23 on French official singles charts and remaining in the top 40 for 12 weeks. It also peaked No.20 in Belgium (Wallonia) and remained in charts for 4 weeks. It was later added to the artist's full-length album Une fille de l'ere which released in 2006.

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1. duel

   A duel is a formal or arranged combat or contest between two individuals, usually with matched weapons, following a prearranged set of rules or procedures. It is typically governed by a code of honor and performed in order to settle a disagreement or dispute, or defend one's honor. Traditionally, they were common among knights and noblemen, and refusal to accept a challenge was often equated with cowardice or dishonor.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Duelnoun

   a combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other

2. Duel

   to fight in single combat

3. Etymology: [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.]

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1. Duel

   A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules. Duels in this form were chiefly practised in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period especially among military officers. During the 17th and 18th centuries, duels were mostly fought with swords, but beginning in the late 18th century and during the 19th century, duels were more commonly fought using pistols; fencing and pistol duels continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century. Pistol duelling was employed many times in the Colonial United States until it fell out of favor in Eastern America in the 18th century. It was retained however in the American Old West for quite some time due to the absence of common law. The duel was based on a code of honour. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honour by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of duelling was originally reserved for the male members of nobility; however, in the modern era it extended to those of the upper classes generally. From the early 17th century duels became illegal in the countries where they were practised.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Duel

   dū′el, n. a combat between two persons, prearranged, and fought under fixed conditions, generally on an affair of honour—happily harmless in France: any fight or struggle between two parties: single combat to decide a quarrel.—v.i. to fight in a duel:—pr.p. dū′elling; pa.p. dū′elled.—ns. Dū′eller, Dū′ellist; Dū′elling, fighting in a duel: the practice of fighting in single combat; Duell′o, a duel: the laws which regulate duelling.—adj. Dū′elsome, given to duelling. [It. duello—L. duellum, the original form of bellum—duo, two.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. duel

   A single combat at a time and place appointed in consequence of a challenge; a practice which had its uses and abuses, now prohibited.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. duel

   Was the old form of a combat between two persons, at a time and place indicated in the challenge, cartel, or defiance borne by one party to the other. A duel generally takes place in the presence of witnesses, called seconds, who regulate the mode of fighting, place the weapons in the hands of the combatants, and enforce compliance with the rules which they have laid down. In the United States the practice of fighting duels, being declared illegal by statutes, is very seldom resorted to.

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1. Duel

   Dual vs. Duel -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Dual and Duel.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DUEL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Duel is ranked #61585 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Duel surname appeared 326 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Duel.
   
   96.6% or 315 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for duel »

1. leud

2. lude

3. deul

How to pronounce duel?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say duel in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of duel in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of duel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of duel in a Sentence

1. Webb Simpson:

   It would be fun to see them duel it out in a tournament here coming up, head-to-head on Sunday.

2. Carl von Clausewitz:

   War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.

3. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

   When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I’d like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825, and we would have a duel, that’s how angry I am, and I would not put my gun in the air, I guarantee you, I would not be (Alexander) Hamilton. I would point it right between his eyes, because he is a snot-nosed little runt and he has not done a damn thing since he’s been in this Legislature to help move the state forward.

4. Drew Gattine:

   And we would have a duel, that’s how angry I am, and I would not put my gun in the air, I guarantee you, I would not be (Alexander) Hamilton. I would point it right between his eyes, because he is a snot-nosed little runt and he has not done a damn thing since he’s been in this Legislature to help move the state forward.

5. Peter Sokolowski:

   The ability of those spellers was simply greater in aggregate than we prepared for, they were structurally prepared for kind of a duel between two spellers. What they recognized was they didnt have enough words of that very high level, of the most difficult level. ... They were all difficult words, but not the most difficult words. They had already gone through them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=duel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Duel
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=duel
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duel
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=duel
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=duel
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=duel
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
12. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=duel