Brawler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brawler \Brawl"er\, n.
     One that brawls; wrangler.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Common brawler} (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by
        brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a


        nuisance). --Wharton.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brawler
       n : a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "brawler":
     agitator, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer,
     bitter-ender, blade, bravo, bully, bullyboy, combatant, competitor,
     contender, contestant, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient,
     dissident, duelist, enforcer, extremist, fencer, feuder, fighter,
     fighting cock, foilsman, frondeur, gamecock, gladiator, goon,
     gorilla, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, insubordinate,
     insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto,
     intransigent, irreconcilable, jouster, knight, last-ditcher,
     litigant, malcontent, maverick, militant, mutineer, naysayer,
     negativist, nonconformist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist,
     obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, plaintiff, plug-ugly,
     protester, quarreler, rebel, resister, revolter, revolutionary,
     revolutionist, rioter, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur,
     scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man,
     strong-armer, struggler, subversive, swashbuckler, sword,
     swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, traitor, tussler,
     wrangler