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What is the noun for duels?

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duel
  1. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
  2. Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
  3. Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He quickly apologized, but the rather impetuous soldier demanded that the matter be settled in a sword duel.”
      “When fighting out an epic duel with Courier in the Australian Open a few years ago Sampras appeared on the verge of collapse from cramp.”
duelo
  1. (obsolete) A duel.
  2. (obsolete) The rules of dueling.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Antonio Tovar, Codigo nacional mexicano del duelo por el coronel de caballeria.”
      “He belonged to the Khangsar village of Tawu county and is the son of Duelo and Pelha.”
      “The words 'O Duelo Final' are overlaid on 15ft high heads of Alonso and Schumacher, almost as if the duo are to trade blows in a boxing ring.”
duellist
  1. (British spelling) alternative form of duelist
  2. Synonyms:
dueller
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of dueler
duelist
  1. A person who fights a duel.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The hunchback seemed to advance like a duelist who parries the first thrust of his opponent.”
      “The immediate consequences to a duelist of wounds inflicted by thrusts or cuts from the rapier, dueling sabre or smallsword were unpredictable.”
      “The Abbe de Rance, a reformer of the Cistercians, was also a regular duelist before his move to La Trappe.”
dueler
  1. a person who fights a duel
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The skilled dueler walked confidently onto the dueling grounds, ready to face his opponent in a fight to prove his honor.”
dueling
duelling
  1. Act of taking part in a duel.
duello
  1. (obsolete) A duel.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The implication reminded Smollett of a narrow escape from a duello at Ghent in 1749 with a Frenchman.”
      “Within a month after his letting out of prison he was killed in a duello with the husband of a lady he had took by force in the highway.”
      “Armado valued himself on the nicety of his skill in taking up quarrels according to the rules of art, and adjusting the ceremonies of the duello.”
duellings
  1. plural of duelling
duellists
duelings
duelists
duellers
  1. plural of dueller
duelers
duellos
duelloes
duels
  1. plural of duel
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Will quickly drew his pistol in a swift wrist motion and shot the man, just like he had seen during duels in many western movies.”
      “As late as 1838, members of the American legislature were engaging in duels to settle disputes.”
      “We entertained ourselves with a talent show, boxing matches and tug-of-war duels.”
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