Duel - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Duel :  (noun)
1: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor [syn: affaire d'honneur]
2: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups) (verb)

1: fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Duel : \Du"el\, n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other.

Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Duel : \Du"el\, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Duel : 

A front end to gdb by Michael Golan . DUEL implements a language designed for debugging C programs. It mainly features efficient ways to select and display data items. It is normally linked into the gdb executable, but could stand alone. It interprets a subset of C in addition to its own language.

Version 1.10.

ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/duel/)">(ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/duel/).

(1993-03-20)



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Duel

webadmediaro: Duel încins în Lituania: Lietuvos Rytas se descurcă surprinzător de bine pînă acum, mai ales î.. http://bit.ly/5UVIMg
lytle_m_4: No one can play me in a one on one Duel anymore cuz i level 1700
caananGAGE: @writtenlady See that's just insubordination, MS. Marvel. I think we need to have a Duel!
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