Grappler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who grapples.

    "They were cheerful optimists; indomitable grapplers with forest and flood, who did almost incredible things with ax and saw and giant-powder."

  2. 2
    a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope wordnet
  3. 3
    A wrestler; one who fights by wrestling.
  4. 4
    combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground wordnet

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"They were cheerful optimists; indomitable grapplers with forest and flood, who did almost incredible things with ax and saw and giant-powder."

Etymology

From grapple + -er.

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