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wrestler

/ˈɹesələ/REH-suh-lur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɹɛsəlɚ/REH-suh-lur

Meaningone who wrestles

Common meaning: a person who fights by grappling

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwrǣstlian‘to wrestle, is rare’source
  2. Middle Englishwrestlen‘wrestle’source
  3. Englishwrestle‘fight by grappling’
  4. Englishformed in English from wrestlewrestler‘a person who fights by grappling’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from wrestle + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WRESTLE, p.721 · scan

Source words

  • wrǣstlian Old English · source word “to wrestle, is rare”

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