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battler¹

  • /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/ UK

Where it comes from

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

noun battlers

  1. One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
  2. Australia, dated An itinerant worker or unemployed person. 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——”
  3. One who works hard in the face of adversity. Dave Rust and Scotty Salmon failed at their Mount Elizabeth venture and are now again at the old love, Karunjie. Good luck to such battlers.

battler²

  • /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/ UK

Where it comes from

See batteler.

noun battlers

  1. alternative Alternative form of batteler

Translations

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noun One who battles against an enemy

Españolbatallador
DeutschKämpfer, Soldat

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"battler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/battler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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battler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/battler

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"battler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/battler.

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@misc{battler_2026,
  title = {battler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/battler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}