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battler

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An itinerant worker or unemployed person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, dated

Examples

  • 1900, Henry Lawson, The Shanty-Keeper′s Wife, Over the Sliprails, Gutenberg eBook # 1313, “But look here!” interrupted the Pilgrim, desperately, “we can′t afford to wait! We′re only ‘battlers’, me and my mate, pickin′ up crumbs by the wayside. We′ve got to catch the——”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who works hard in the face of adversity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of batteler.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who fights (or is fighting)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: combatant, belligerent, fighter, scrapper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: defender, withstander, boxer, pugilist, brawler, butter, fencer, swordsman, gladiator, gouger, hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock, mauler, skirmisher, street fighter, tough, victor, master, superior, wrestler, grappler, matman

History

Etymology

From Middle English batailloure, from Old French batailleor; equivalent to battle + -er.

See batteler.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: bojovník — One who battles against an enemy
  • German: Kämpfer — One who battles against an enemy
  • German: Soldat — One who battles against an enemy
  • Spanish: batallador — One who battles against an enemy
  • Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı) — One who battles against an enemy