duel of honour
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Duel — • This word, as used both in the ecclesiastical and civil criminal codes, generally signifies every contest with deadly weapons which takes place by agreement between two persons on account of some private quarrel Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… … Catholic encyclopedia
Duel (disambiguation) — Duel may refer to: Combat a duel, the pre arranged, private fight between two persons to settle a point of honour or personal quarrel. the wager of battle single combat in general a fight between two animals, see tournament species any… … Wikipedia
duel — ► NOUN 1) historical a pre arranged contest with deadly weapons between two people to settle a point of honour. 2) a contest between two parties. ► VERB (duelled, duelling; US dueled, dueling) ▪ fight a duel … English terms dictionary
Duel — For other uses, see Duel (disambiguation). Drawing of a duel fought with foils in the Bois de Boulogne in 1874 … Wikipedia
duel — duelistic; esp. Brit., duellistic, adj. /dooh euhl, dyooh /, n., v., dueled, dueling or (esp. Brit.) duelled, duelling. n. 1. a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, esp. to … Universalium
Honour — For other uses, see Honour (disambiguation). An illustration of the Burr Hamilton duel of 1804 – Alexander Hamilton defends his honour by accepting Aaron Burr s challenge Honour or honor (see spelling differences; from the Latin word honos,… … Wikipedia
honour — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
duel — I UK [ˈdjuːəl] / US [ˈduəl] noun [countable] Word forms duel : singular duel plural duels 1) a fight between two men with guns or swords, used in the past by men of high social status to defend their honour after being insulted 2) mainly… … English dictionary
duel — n. & v. n. 1 hist. a contest with deadly weapons between two people, in the presence of two seconds, to settle a point of honour. 2 any contest between two people, parties, causes, animals, etc. (a duel of wits). v.intr. (duelled, duelling; US… … Useful english dictionary
duel — noun chiefly historical a prearranged contest with deadly weapons between two people to settle a point of honour. ↘(in modern use) a contest between two parties. verb (duels, duelling, duelled; US duels, dueling, dueled) fight a duel. Derivatives … English new terms dictionary
Sharpe's Honour (TV programme) — Infobox Television Film bgcolour = name = Sharpe s Honour caption = format = Military drama runtime = 100 min. creator = director = Tom Clegg producer = writer = Bernard Cornwell (novel) Colin MacDonald starring = Sean Bean Daragh O Malley Hugh… … Wikipedia
