different between duelist vs spadassin

English

Alternative forms

• duellist (UK, Commonwealth)

Etymology

duel +? -ist

Noun

duelist (plural duelists)

1. A person who fights a duel.

Synonyms

• dueler

Translations

Further reading

• Duel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dilutes

Romanian

Etymology

From French duelliste

Noun

duelist m (plural dueli?ti)

1. duelist

Declension

English

Etymology

From French spadassin, itself from Italian spadaccino (“swordsman”).

Noun

spadassin (plural spadassins)

1. a fighter, duelist.
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Bully-swordsmen, ?Spadassins’ of that party, go swaggering; or indeed they can be had for a trifle of money.

Derived terms

• spadassinicide

Dutch

Noun

spadassin m (plural spadassins, diminutive spadassintje n)

1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative spelling of spadassijn

French

Etymology

From Italian spadaccino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spa.da.s??/

Noun

spadassin m (plural spadassins)

1. spadassin
2. hitman

Descendants

• ? Dutch: spadassijn, spadassin
• ? English: spadassin
• ? Romanian: spadasin

Further reading

• “spadassin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).