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duel(1) (iou)



duel noun. L15.
[Italian duello or Latin duellum, arch. form of bellum war, used in medieval Latin for judicial single combat.]
a. A judicial single combat. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
b. Chiefly Hist. A private fight between two people, prearranged and fought with deadly weapons, usually in the presence of two seconds, in order to settle a quarrel. E17.
Any contest between two people, parties, animals, or forces. L16.
Duelling as a practice. rare. E17.