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Duel

Dū'el, n.

noun

n. [Fr. duel, Sp. duelo, It. & Pg. duello, from Lat. duellum, originally, a contest between two, which passed into the common form, bellum, war.] A combat between two persons; especially, a premeditated fight between two persons to decide some private difference, or establish some point of honor. “Expert in all to duels that belong.” Drayton.

Dū'el, v. i. or t.

verbintransitivetransitive

v. i. or t. To fight in single combat. South.