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MAULER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mauler mean? 

MAULER (noun)
  The noun MAULER has 1 sense:

1. a fighter who batters the opponentplay

  Familiarity information: MAULER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAULER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fighter who batters the opponent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Jack Dempsey was called a mauler

Hypernyms ("mauler" is a kind of...):

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))

Derivation:

maul (injure badly by beating)


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