noun
Meaning 1
One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brawler
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɹɔːlə(ɹ)/
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General-American: /ˈbɹɔlɚ/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈbɹɑlɚ/
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rhymes with -ɔːlə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A beat 'em up game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
History
Etymology
From Middle English brawler, brawlere, equivalent to brawl + -er.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُشَاكِس (mušākis) — one who brawls
- Azerbaijani: davakar — one who brawls
- Azerbaijani: dalaşqan — one who brawls
- Bulgarian: кавгаджия (kavgadžija) — one who brawls
- Czech: rváč — one who brawls
- Czech: raubíř — one who brawls
- Finnish: rähinöitsijä — one who brawls
- Finnish: tappelupukari — one who brawls
- French: bagarreur — one who brawls
- German: Schläger — one who brawls
- German: Rabauke — one who brawls
- German: Krakeeler — one who brawls
- German: Raufbold — one who brawls
- German: Randalierer — one who brawls
- German: Rowdy — one who brawls
- German: Hooligan — one who brawls
- German: Halbstarker — one who brawls
- Greek: γκαφατζής (gkafatzís) — one who brawls
- Greek: καβγατζής (kavgatzís) — one who brawls
- Italian: arruffone — one who brawls
- Italian: confusionario — one who brawls
- Italian: che fa fracasso — one who brawls
- Latin: rixātor — one who brawls
- Portuguese: arruaceiro — one who brawls
- Portuguese: brigão — one who brawls
- Portuguese: rixador — one who brawls
- Romanian: scandalagiu — one who brawls
- Russian: драчу́н (dračún) — one who brawls
- Russian: буя́н (buján) — one who brawls
- Russian: дебоши́р (debošír) — one who brawls
- Russian: зади́ра (zadíra) — one who brawls
- Russian: забия́ка (zabijáka) — one who brawls
- Swahili: mgomvi — one who brawls
- Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı) — one who brawls
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