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

n. An itinerant worker or unemployed person.

n. One who who works hard in the face of adversity.

n. One who battles or fights; a warrior or contender.

n. One who beats with a bat or battledore.

n. A bat or beetle.

n. See batler.

n. See batteler.

n. someone who fights (or is fighting)

"Against a player for whom the word battler could have been invented - a 28-year-old German who has never won a career singles title and who has never been past the second round of a grand slam tournament - it was only Stosur's ability to take her chances that proved the difference in a tight match."

person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   

superior    grappler    gouger    withstander    boxer    fencer    brawler    hell-rooster    street fighter    master   

wand'ring    war-game    aweary    pund    knife-grinder    clop-clop    greasing    mungooz    baling    fordone