battler

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
  2. Alternative form of batteler. alt-of,alternative
  3. An itinerant worker or unemployed person. Australia,dated
    — 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——”
  4. 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.

词形变化

battlers plural battlers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Aussie battler basement battler card-battler

词源

词源 1
From Middle English batailloure, from Old French batailleor; equivalent to battle + -er.
词源 2
See batteler.
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