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n. A person who withstands or resists; an opponent

n. One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.

n. One who withstands; an opponent; a resisting power.

n. an opponent who resists with force or resolution

n. a fighter who holds out against attack

"Remember what I told you: this wealthy franklin is proud, fierce, jealous, and irritable, a withstander of the nobility, and even of his neighbors, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf and Philip Malvoisin, who are no babies to strive with."

resister    opponent    antagonist    opposer    adversary    scrapper    combatant    battler    belligerent    fighter   

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