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grappler

grappler noun: one who grapples.

Noun

grappler (plural grapplers)

  1. One who grapples.
    • They were cheerful optimists; indomitable grapplers with forest and flood, who did almost incredible things with ax and saw and giant-powder.1912, Harold Bindloss, Vane of the Timberlands, page 19
  2. A wrestler; one who fights by wrestling.

Forms of grappler

pluralgrapplers

Origin of grappler

From grapple + -er.

Questions about grappler

What does grappler mean?
Grappler means one who grapples.
What part of speech is grappler?
Grappler is a noun.
What is the plural of grappler?
The plural of grappler is grapplers.

Words near grappler in the dictionary

  1. grappled
  2. grappled with
  3. grapplehook
  4. grapplehooks
  5. grapplement
  6. grappler
  7. grapplers
  8. grapples
  9. grapples with
  10. grapplesome
  11. grappleth

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