brawler

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

Noun

  1. One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
    • The world hath noted. And your name is great In mouthes of wiſeſt Cenſure. What's the matter That you vnlace your reputation thus, And ſpend your rich opinion, for the name Of a night-brawler? Giue me anſwer to it. - c....
    • A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, the huſband of one wife, vigilant, ſober, of good behauiour, giuen to hoſpitalitie, apt to teach; Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler,...
  2. A beat 'em up game.
    • "Classic brawlers ranging from Double Dragon to Streets of Rage and even Brutal Legend created my initial seed of interest for working on one," Deighan said. - 2020, Patrick Hickey Jr., The Minds Behind Adventure Games,...

Origin

From Middle English brawler, brawlere, equivalent to brawl + -er.

Forms

brawlers

Synonyms

rooster