Brawler

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brawl (brôl)

1. A noisy quarrel or fight.

2. A loud party.

3. A loud, roaring noise.

intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls

1. To quarrel or fight noisily.

2. To flow noisily, as water.

[Middle English braul, from braullen, to quarrel.]

brawler n.

brawling·ly adv.

Synonyms: brawl, broil², donnybrook, fracas, fray¹, free-for-all, melee, row³
These nouns denote a noisy, disorderly, and often violent quarrel or fight: a barroom brawl; a broil between the opposing teams; a vicious legal donnybrook; a fracas among prison inmates; eager for the fray; a free-for-all in the schoolyard; police plunging into the melee; an angry domestic row.

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Noun

brawler - a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

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

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