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wrestler

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who wrestles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grappler, matman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper

Narrower terms: bantamweight, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, light heavyweight, lightweight, middleweight, sumo wrestler, welterweight

History

Etymology

From Middle English wrastlere, equivalent to wrestle + -er.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ըմբիշ (əmbiš) — person who wrestles
  • Armenian: փահլեւան (pʻahlewan) — person who wrestles
  • Assamese: মাল (mal) — person who wrestles
  • Azerbaijani: güləşçi — person who wrestles
  • Azerbaijani: pəhləvan — person who wrestles
  • Bengali: পালোয়ান (palōẇan) — person who wrestles
  • Bengali: কুস্তিগির (kustigir) — person who wrestles
  • Bulgarian: борец (borec) — person who wrestles
  • Catalan: lluitador — person who wrestles
  • Catalan: lluitadora — person who wrestles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摔跤選手 /摔跤选手 (shuāijiāo xuǎnshǒu) — person who wrestles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摔角手 (shuāijiǎoshǒu) — person who wrestles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摔跤手 (shuāijiāoshǒu) — person who wrestles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摔角者 (shuāijiǎozhě) — person who wrestles
  • Chuvash: кӗрешӳҫӗ (kĕreš̬üś̬ĕ) — person who wrestles
  • Czech: zápasník — person who wrestles
  • Danish: bryder — person who wrestles
  • Dutch: worstelaar — person who wrestles
  • Estonian: maadleja — person who wrestles
  • Finnish: painija — person who wrestles
  • French: lutteur — person who wrestles
  • Friulian: lotadôr — person who wrestles
  • Georgian: მოჭიდავე (moč̣idave) — person who wrestles
  • German: Ringer — person who wrestles
  • Greek: παλαιστής (palaistís) — person who wrestles
  • Greek: παλαίστρια (palaístria) — person who wrestles
  • Ancient Greek: παλαιστής (palaistḗs) — person who wrestles
  • Hindi: पहलवान (pahalvān) — person who wrestles
  • Hungarian: birkózó — person who wrestles
  • Ingrian: bortsa — person who wrestles
  • Italian: lottatore — person who wrestles
  • Japanese: レスラー (resurā) — person who wrestles
  • Kazakh: күресші (küresşı) — person who wrestles
  • Kazakh: палуан (paluan) — person who wrestles
  • Korean: 레슬러 (reseulleo) — person who wrestles
  • Latin: luctātor — person who wrestles
  • Latin: palaestēs — person who wrestles
  • Macedonian: борач (borač) — person who wrestles
  • Macedonian: пеливан (pelivan) — person who wrestles
  • Norman: litteux — person who wrestles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bryter — person who wrestles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brytar — person who wrestles
  • Persian: کشتیگیر (košti-gir) — person who wrestles
  • Polish: zapaśnik — person who wrestles
  • Polish: zapaśniczka — person who wrestles
  • Portuguese: lutador — person who wrestles
  • Romanian: luptător — person who wrestles
  • Russian: боре́ц (boréc) — person who wrestles
  • Serbo-Croatian: рвач — person who wrestles
  • Serbo-Croatian: кечер — person who wrestles
  • Serbo-Croatian: rvač — person who wrestles
  • Serbo-Croatian: kečer — person who wrestles
  • Sicilian: luttaturi — person who wrestles
  • Spanish: luchador — person who wrestles
  • Spanish: libreluchador — person who wrestles
  • Swedish: brottare — person who wrestles
  • Tagalog: mambubuno — person who wrestles
  • Tatar: көрәшүче (köräşüçe) — person who wrestles
  • Telugu: మల్లుడు (malluḍu) — person who wrestles
  • Thai: นักมวยปล้ํา (nák-muai-bplâm) — person who wrestles
  • Turkish: güreşçi — person who wrestles
  • Turkish: pehlivan — person who wrestles
  • Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân) — person who wrestles
  • Ukrainian: боре́ць (borécʹ) — person who wrestles
  • Ukrainian: борчи́ня (borčýnja) — person who wrestles
  • Urdu: کشتی باز (kušti bāz) — person who wrestles
  • Urdu: پہلوان (pahalvān) — person who wrestles
  • Uyghur: چېلىشچى (chëlishchi) — person who wrestles
  • Vietnamese: đô vật — person who wrestles
  • Zazaki: gulaswan — person who wrestles
Real reading context

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