battler
English
/ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
- (Australian) An itinerant worker or unemployed person.
- One who who works hard in the face of adversity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English batailloure derived from Old French batailleor suffix from English battle (fruitful, n. attr, fertile).
Origin
English
battle
Gloss
fruitful, n. attr, fertile
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battailous English
- battle English
- battle-cruiser English
- battlebus English
- battledress English
- battlefield English
- battlefront English
- battleground English
- battlegroup English
- battleline English
- battlemage English
- battleplan English
- battleplane English
- battleship English
- battlesome English
- battlespace English
- battlest English
- battlesuit English
- battleth English
- battlewagon English
- battleward English
- battlewards English
- battleworks English
- battleworthy English
- battlezone English
- cyberbattle English
- gunbattle English
- main battle tank English
- midbattle English
- minibattle English
- nonbattle English
- outbattle English
- overbattle English
- postbattle English
- prebattle English
- баттл Russian
- batailloure Middle English
- batayle Middle English
- batel Middle English
- batailleor Old French
- battle
- battleth
- battlest
- midbattle
- battlebus
- gunbattle
- prebattle
- nonbattle
- outbattle
- battleward
- battlesome
- overbattle
- battlemage
- battleship
- postbattle
- minibattle
- battleline
- battlesuit
- battlezone
- battleplan
- battailous
- battlefield
- battlegroup
- battleplane
- battleworks
- cyberbattle
- battlespace
- battlefront
- battlewards
- battlewagon
- battledress
- battleworthy
- battleground
- battle-cruiser
- main battle tank