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duels

duels is the plural of duel.

duels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of duel.

Meaning of duel

Noun

duel (plural duels)

  1. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
    • I have often thought since, how different my fate might have been, had I not fallen in love with Nora at that early age; and had I not flung the wine in Quin’s face, and so brought on the duel.1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “In Which I Show Myself to Be a Man of Spirit”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and...
  2. Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
  3. (broadly) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
    • a sniper duel

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Questions about duels

What is duels the plural of?
Duels is the plural of duel.

Words near duels in the dictionary

  1. duellists
  2. duello
  3. duelloes
  4. duellos
  5. duelo
  6. duels
  7. duelsome
  8. duely
  9. Duenas
  10. Duenases
  11. Duenchukha

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